Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Congress state president DK Shivakumar on Wednesday said he is not happy with the list of probable candidates prepared by the ministers for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The candidates have been shortlisted for each Lok Sabha constituency of the state as per the direction of the party top brass.

Shivakumar said as quoted by The New Indian Express, "The reports that we have of potential candidates are not satisfactory. The AICC, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and I are surveying to select candidates."

"AICC leaders have given us an agenda to prepare for the elections. AICC has called for a meeting of ministers of four states on Thursday. There they will give us modalities of working for the elections.

"We don’t have much time as we have to start working in constituencies. We need to demonstrate the same commitment that we had during the Assembly elections. Everyone has to keep the party's interest above his or her interest," he added.

The Congress, which came to power ousting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government last year, is planning to hold rallies of beneficiaries of the state government's guaranteed schemes by February 12.

"The party and country are looking up to Karnataka in the elections," Shivakumar said.

The 2024 General Elections are expected to be held in the summer.