Late IAS officer DK Ravi’s wife Kusuma joins Congress, may contest from RR Nagar

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Oct 4, 2020: Kusuma Ravi, wife of deceased IAS officer DK Ravi whose death had sparked a controversy, joined the Congress on Sunday. Kusuma Ravi is also being considered as the Congress’ candidate for the RR Nagar bye-elections.

"We are looking to field young and educated candidates. The BJP has its own caste calculations and we do too. Besides, Kusuma comes from a political family. Her father wanted the ticket but we had denied him the ticket,” Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar said.

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Kusuma’s father is a former council member from the RR Nagar zone and also the former Chairman of the Mysuru Planning Committee. “She also is a Vokkaliga and considering that DK Shivakumar and his brother are from the Vokkaliga community, they want to capitalise on those votes in RR Nagar as the BJP would not field a Vokkaliga candidate,” a senior Congress leader said.