
Bengaluru: The Congress party, which is confident of emerging winner in the upcoming Assembly elections has given prominence to producers, actors, and actresses of Kannada film industry in its campaign committee.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) Social Media and Digital communication Head Ramya (Divyaspandana) is an integral part of the committee, while actors including Malashri, Abhinaya, Bhavana, Jayamala are being considered. Other than this, those who are in the party in prominent posts who may not be actors too are included in the list, in a new order on Saturday.
AICC President Rahul Gandhi ordered to utilize the popularity of party members and senior actors Ambarish, Shashikumar, Sadhu Kokila, ‘Mukyamantri’ Chandru, who recently joined Congress from BJP, film producer S.Manohar, music director Milind Dharmasena and added them into the publicity committee.
Power Minister D K Shivakumar will be the chief of the campaign committee and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC President G Parameshwar, Working President Dinesh Gundurao, S R Patil, Lokasabha opposition leader Mallikarjuna Kharge, former minister Baburao Chinchanasoor, Rani Sathish, Vinaykumar Sorake, Abhaychandra Jain, Bellary MLA Anil Lad, V R Sudarshan and others will carry the main responsibilities during the campaign.
Senior leader C M Ibrahim also has a place on the campaign committee; it is a mixture of former ministers. MPs, and young leaders.