<p align="justify">Congress president Rahul Gandhi will release the party's election manifesto for the forthcoming Assembly elections, in what promises to be a gala event in Bengaluru next month.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Congress manifesto will be a first-of-its-kind in India, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Manifesto Committee chairman and MP M Veerappa Moily said here on Thursday. "It has been decided that Rahul Gandhi will launch the manifesto sometime between March 10 and March 15," Moily announced after a meeting of the manifesto committee.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Moily, a former union minister, said the party's manifesto will have three parts. "We are coming out with district-specific, region-specific and state-level manifestos," he said, adding that the implementation of the manifesto will transform the lives of people.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"While Rahul will launch the manifesto in Bengaluru, there will be simultaneous launches in all 30 districts," he added. The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government has fulfilled 98% of the promises that were made in 2013, Moily claimed, including making Karnataka hut-free, hunger-free and thirst-free among others. When reporters asked him how many hut-dwellers had moved into proper homes, Moily could not substantiate. "A sub-committee was formed expressly to take up an impact assessment of the government's work. We have all the numbers," he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Ticket confusion</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">With polls nearing, many Congress leaders are learnt to have threatened to rebel if they are denied the ticket. This, even before the party is yet to get a report from its observers on aspirants who deserve the ticket. Ahead of Rahul's visit to Belagavi, a feud is brewing between Jarkiholi brothers Satish and Lakhan, with the latter expressing willingness to become a BJP candidate if he is not given the ticket to contest from the Yamakanamardi (ST Reserve) constituency that Satish currently represents. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Similarly, actor Bhavana has sought the ticket from the Chitradurga Assembly constituency, for which MLC G Raghu Achar is also vying.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">There is also no clarity on whether or not the party will field seven MLAs who have jumped ship from the JD(S), including Chamarajpet legislator B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwara downplayed the heat within the party. "It's not a fight. I see it as vibrancy. More people are seeking tickets because they know we are poised to retain power. There's josh in the party," he said.</p>
<p align="justify">Congress president Rahul Gandhi will release the party's election manifesto for the forthcoming Assembly elections, in what promises to be a gala event in Bengaluru next month.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Congress manifesto will be a first-of-its-kind in India, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Manifesto Committee chairman and MP M Veerappa Moily said here on Thursday. "It has been decided that Rahul Gandhi will launch the manifesto sometime between March 10 and March 15," Moily announced after a meeting of the manifesto committee.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Moily, a former union minister, said the party's manifesto will have three parts. "We are coming out with district-specific, region-specific and state-level manifestos," he said, adding that the implementation of the manifesto will transform the lives of people.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"While Rahul will launch the manifesto in Bengaluru, there will be simultaneous launches in all 30 districts," he added. The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government has fulfilled 98% of the promises that were made in 2013, Moily claimed, including making Karnataka hut-free, hunger-free and thirst-free among others. When reporters asked him how many hut-dwellers had moved into proper homes, Moily could not substantiate. "A sub-committee was formed expressly to take up an impact assessment of the government's work. We have all the numbers," he said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Ticket confusion</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">With polls nearing, many Congress leaders are learnt to have threatened to rebel if they are denied the ticket. This, even before the party is yet to get a report from its observers on aspirants who deserve the ticket. Ahead of Rahul's visit to Belagavi, a feud is brewing between Jarkiholi brothers Satish and Lakhan, with the latter expressing willingness to become a BJP candidate if he is not given the ticket to contest from the Yamakanamardi (ST Reserve) constituency that Satish currently represents. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Similarly, actor Bhavana has sought the ticket from the Chitradurga Assembly constituency, for which MLC G Raghu Achar is also vying.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">There is also no clarity on whether or not the party will field seven MLAs who have jumped ship from the JD(S), including Chamarajpet legislator B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwara downplayed the heat within the party. "It's not a fight. I see it as vibrancy. More people are seeking tickets because they know we are poised to retain power. There's josh in the party," he said.</p>