Rajeev Chandrasekhar s Rajya Sabha tenure is ending and speculations suggest that he may contest from Bengaluru or Kerala. The Congress in Karnataka has improved its position compared to six years ago. The JDS and BJP are now working together on election strategies. The Congress may tap into fence-sitter votes from the BJP and woo JDS members. The other Karnataka members whose term is ending are L Hanumanthaiah, GC Chandrashekar, and Syed Naseer Hussain. The Congress is likely to retain Hussain and may replace Chandrashekar and Hanumanthaiah with fresh faces, possibly from the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.