BJP’s Karnataka Candidates’ 1st List Has 52 Fresh Names, Provokes Protests

The BJP has introduced the primary listing of 189 applicants for the Karnataka meeting election. Several MLAs had been dropped and Congress turncoats selected withinside the first listing. A 2d listing will come soon, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai stated. BJP MLA and Revenue Minister R Ashok will contest from his domestic seat Padmanabhanagar, and Kanakapura too, wherein he’s going to face the kingdom Congress leader DK Shivakumar.

MLA and Housing Minister V Somanna will face-off in opposition to Congress chief and previous Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Varuna. Mr Somanna will even contest from a 2d seat, Chamarajnagar. He has constantly contested from Govindaraja Nagar constituency in Bengaluru. This will be the first time he’s contesting in 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 contemporary seat.

BY Vijayendra, the son of former Chief Minister and BJP chief BS Yediyurappa, will contest from Shikaripura seat, the equal constituency wherein his father had gained seven instances because 1983. State minister B Sriramulu will contest from Bellary Rural.

In Udupi, a key costal town, Yashpal Suvarna will contest for the primary time in vicinity of the contemporary MLA Raghupathi Bhat. Mr Suvarna had aggressively campaigned for hijab ban. He is visible as a growing supermegacelebrity amongst his neighborhood supporters. His declare to repute additionally consists of activism in cow protection.

Other key BJP leaders Ramesh Jarkiholi and Govind M Karjol will contest from Gokak and Mudhol, respectively. BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi will contest from Chikkamagaluru.

Congress rise up Anand Singh, who joined the BJP in 2019, had contested from Hospete. His son, Siddharth Singh, will contest from this seat. Anand Singh changed into a key engineer of the approach that toppled the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in 2019, paving the manner for the BJP to return back to power.

BJP General Secretary Arun Singh stated there are fifty two new applicants this time, 32 are Other Backward Classes (OBC) applicants and 30 are Scheduled Castes (SC). Nine applicants are doctors, 5 attorneys and retired bureaucrats. There are 8 girls withinside the first listing.

In Athani, the BJP has selected a candidate, Mahesh Kumathahalli, in opposition to the request of celebration chief and previous Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi. Mr Savadi remaining week attempted to persuade the BJP that his possibilities of prevailing had been better and the BJP could lose the seat if the price price tag changed into given to Mr Kumathahalli.

BJP MLA and previous Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who nowadays introduced he’s dissatisfied after the celebration requested him to make manner for others, has threatened he’s going to contest one manner or the opposite and now no longer dominated out preventing as an independent. The BJP is but to announce the candidate on his seat, Hubballi-Dharwad Central.

Another senior chief, KS Eshwarappa, who used to contest from Shivamogga, has but introduced his retirement from electoral politics and agreed to the celebration’s request to provide room for others. The BJP hasn’t introduced a call but for Shivamogga.

The BJP MLAs who’ve been dropped from the listing encompass Raghupathy Bhat from Udupi, Anil Benake from Belagavi North, S Angara from Sullia, rise up MLA Anand Singh from Hospete and Halady Srinivas Shetty from Kundapura.

BJP MLA Goolihatti Shekar has been dropped from Hosa Durga. In October remaining 12 months whilst a debate changed into raging over the anti-conversion invoice in Karnataka, Mr Shekar had alleged his mom were forcefully transformed to Christianity. Karnataka will vote on May 10 and votes may be counted 3 days later.