Party sources said the Congress president will take a final call on whether or not to contest the polls in consultation with top leaders.
AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, KC Venugopal and Rahul Gandhi at Congres CEC meeting to decide second list of candidates. (Supplied)
Mallikarjun Kharge’s son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani has emerged as the front-runner for the Congress ticket from Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency, on Kharge’s home turf. The 81-year-old Kharge had won from this seat twice but lost the 2019 polls. The Congress president will take a final call on whether or not to contest the polls in consultation with top leaders, sources said.