<p align="justify">The Congress on Sunday announced the names of former MLC L Hanumanthaiah, AICC spokesperson Nasir Hussain and KPCC general secretary G C Chandrashekar for the March 23 Rajya Sabha polls.</p>.<p align="justify">The Congress chose Dalit-Muslim-Vokkaliga as its caste combination. Hanumanthaiah, a Dalit poet, is also KPCC vice-president, Chandrashekar, a Vokkaliga leader, is close to state party president G Parameshwara. Hussain, from Ballari, is the party's Muslim face in the list of nominees.</p>.<p align="justify">The Congress can easily win two seats and needs a few extra votes for the third seat.</p>.<p align="justify">The BJP, which can win one seat, decided to renominate sitting MP Rajeev Chandrashekar.</p>.<p align="justify">The JD(S) does not have the required number of votes to elect its candidate and business tycoon B M Farooq, who has already filed his nomination.</p>
<p align="justify">The Congress on Sunday announced the names of former MLC L Hanumanthaiah, AICC spokesperson Nasir Hussain and KPCC general secretary G C Chandrashekar for the March 23 Rajya Sabha polls.</p>.<p align="justify">The Congress chose Dalit-Muslim-Vokkaliga as its caste combination. Hanumanthaiah, a Dalit poet, is also KPCC vice-president, Chandrashekar, a Vokkaliga leader, is close to state party president G Parameshwara. Hussain, from Ballari, is the party's Muslim face in the list of nominees.</p>.<p align="justify">The Congress can easily win two seats and needs a few extra votes for the third seat.</p>.<p align="justify">The BJP, which can win one seat, decided to renominate sitting MP Rajeev Chandrashekar.</p>.<p align="justify">The JD(S) does not have the required number of votes to elect its candidate and business tycoon B M Farooq, who has already filed his nomination.</p>