Karnatak polls: 14 Muslim candidates in the first Cong list
02:03PM Sat 6 Apr, 2013
BANGALORE: 14 Muslim candidates have found themselves in the Congress list. They are: Roshan Baig (Shivajinagar), Sadat Ali Khan (Channapatna), Rahim Khan (Bidar), Syed Yasin (Raichur), Tanver Sait (Narasimharaj), U.T Khader (Ullal), N.A Harris (Shanthinagar), Fairoz Nuruddin Saith (Belgaum Uttar), D.B Inamdar (Kittur), Qamarul Islam (Gulbarga Uttar), Sayed Azeempur Khadri (Shiggaon), Abdul Wahab H (Vijayanagar), Rafeeq Ahmed S (Tumkur City) and Naseer Ahmed (Kolar).
Congress is likely to declare its second list after party Chief Sonia Gandhi returns from foreign tour next week.
The JD (S) list contains 10 Muslim candidates, 4 of which will contest from Bengaluru itself.