Katya Naidu20 Apr 2023, 16:11
At 91, Congress party has nominated Shamanuru Shivashankarappa, the oldest sitting legislator, as a candidate from Davangere South. The five-time MLA, former Lok Sabha member and an educationist, Shivashankarappa is also a Lingayat heavyweight, a politically strong community in Karnataka, holding interests in sugar distilleries, and a producer of a Kannada movie. He is confident of winning with the highest margin in the coming election as the BJP party tries to hold its only bastion in the South.