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The BJP has introduced the primary record of Karnataka election candidates
Bengaluru:
The BJP has introduced the primary record of 189 candidates for the Karnataka meeting election. A number of MLAs have been dropped and Congress turncoats chosen within the first record. A second record will come quickly, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai mentioned.
BJP MLA and Income Minister R Ashok will contest from his dwelling seat Padmanabhanagar, and Kanakapura too, the place he’ll face the state Congress chief DK Shivakumar.
MLA and Housing Minister V Somanna will face-off towards Congress chief and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Varuna. Mr Somanna may even contest from a second seat, Chamarajnagar. He has all the time contested from Govindaraja Nagar constituency in Bengaluru. This could be the primary time he’s contesting in two seats – each strongholds of the Congress.
The BJP’s election committee met in Delhi over the weekend to finalise the names. Karnataka has 224 meeting seats.
Mr Bommai will contest from Shiggaon constituency, his present seat.
BY Vijayendra, the son of former Chief Minister and BJP chief BS Yediyurappa, will contest from Shikaripura seat, the identical constituency the place his father had received seven occasions since 1983.
State minister B Sriramulu will contest from Bellary Rural.
In Udupi, a key costal city, Yashpal Suvarna will contest for the primary time in place of the present MLA Raghupathi Bhat. Mr Suvarna had aggressively campaigned for hijab ban. He’s seen as a rising star amongst his native supporters. His declare to fame additionally consists of activism in cow safety.
Different key BJP leaders Ramesh Jarkiholi and Govind M Karjol will contest from Gokak and Mudhol, respectively.
BJP Nationwide Common Secretary CT Ravi will contest from Chikkamagaluru.
The ruling BJP in Karnataka is seeking to win a second time period
Congress insurgent Anand Singh, who joined the BJP in 2019, had contested from Hospete. His son, Siddharth Singh, will contest from this seat. Anand Singh was a key engineer of the technique that toppled the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in 2019, paving the way in which for the BJP to return to energy.
BJP Common Secretary Arun Singh mentioned there are 52 new candidates this time, 32 are Different Backward Courses (OBC) candidates and 30 are Scheduled Castes (SC). 9 candidates are docs, 5 attorneys and two retired bureaucrats. There are eight ladies within the first record.
In Athani, the BJP has chosen a candidate, Mahesh Kumathahalli, towards the request of social gathering chief and former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi. Mr Savadi final week tried to persuade the BJP that his possibilities of profitable had been greater and the BJP would lose the seat if the ticket was given to Mr Kumathahalli.
BJP MLA and former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who at present introduced he’s upset after the social gathering requested him to make method for others, has threatened he’ll contest by some means and never dominated out preventing as an impartial. The BJP is but to announce the candidate on his seat, Hubballi-Dharwad Central.
One other senior chief, KS Eshwarappa, who used to contest from Shivamogga, has nonetheless introduced his retirement from electoral politics and agreed to the social gathering’s request to offer room for others. The BJP hasn’t introduced a reputation but for Shivamogga.
The BJP MLAs who’ve been dropped from the record embrace Raghupathy Bhat from Udupi, Anil Benake from Belagavi North, S Angara from Sullia, insurgent MLA Anand Singh from Hospete and Halady Srinivas Shetty from Kundapura.
BJP MLA Goolihatti Shekar has been dropped from Hosa Durga. In October final yr when a debate was raging over the anti-conversion invoice in Karnataka, Mr Shekar had alleged his mom had been forcefully transformed to Christianity.
Karnataka will vote on Might 10 and votes shall be counted three days later.
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