DK Shivakumar drafts campaign ‘army’ for bypolls

Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has deployed hundreds of Congress functionaries, including almost all of his Cabinet colleagues, for campaign duty at bypoll-bound Assembly segments of Shiggaon, Sandur and Channapatna.

Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Congress president, has formed a team of 182 functionaries for Shiggaon, 148 for Sandur and 316 for Channapatna for the campaign drill.

MLAs, MLCs and MPs have been drafted into campaign committees.

Leaders have been given zilla panchayat-wise and gram panchayat-wise campaign roles. 

In a note, Shivakumar has asked his colleagues to stay put in their designated locations to ensure the party’s victory in the segments.