Shiggaon Bypoll: Yasir Pathan, Congress’s Last-Minute Choice, To Challenge Ex-CM Bommai’s Son
In the 2023 Karnataka Assembly polls, Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan was a last-minute choice for the Congress party, replacing the initial candidate Mohammed Yousuf Savanur. Pathan, the president of Anjuman-e-Islam Hubballi-Dharwad, is set to contest against Basavaraj Bommai’s son Bharat in the upcoming Shiggaon bypoll. The constituency has a significant population of Lingayats and Muslims,…