The Congress appointed BN Chandrappa as the working president of its Karnataka unit.
New Delhi:
Days ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections, the Congress on Sunday appointed BN Chandrappa as its working president of the state unit.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed Chandrappa as the working president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, a party statement said.
The Karnataka unit is headed by DK Shivakumar.
Mr Chandrappa’s appointment follows the death of Karnataka Congress Working President R Dhruvanarayana last month.
The Congress has so far declared 142 candidates for the elections.
The Congress is trying to wrest power from the BJP in Karnataka, the only southern state where the saffron party is in power.
Elections to the 224-member assembly will be held on May 10 and the results will be declared on May 13.
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