NEW DELHI: A day after Bharatiya Janata Party launched its first checklist of candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday held a high-level assembly with the get together`s high brass in New Delhi. The assembly was underway at Shah`s residence the place BJP chief JP Nadda, get together basic secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh, nationwide basic secretary and Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan have been current. According to sources, the assembly befell towards the backdrop of displeasure by a number of Karnataka leaders after the primary checklist of BJP candidates got here out.Â
Meanwhile, former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi resigned as a Legislative Council member and from the first membership of the BJP after he was denied the Athani constituency ticket. “I have made my decision. I am not the one who goes around with a begging bowl. I am a self-respecting politician. I am not acting under the influence of anyone,” Savadi stated. On the opposite hand, supporters of sitting BJP MLA from Belagavi North, Anil Benake staged a protest on Tuesday night after he was denied a ticket within the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections.
Further, supporters of BJP MLA Mahadevappa Yadawad protested in Ramdurg constituency in Belagavi over the ticket being denied to him. Chikka Revana who joined the BJP lately obtained the ticket from the constituency. According to BJP sources, former Karnataka Chief Minister and six-time BJP MLA Jagadish Shettar has began exhibiting a rebellious perspective and has been known as to Delhi. Shettar`s identify was excluded within the first checklist of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls. Shettar stated that he’ll meet the get together`s nationwide president JP Nadda on Wednesday.
Addressing mediapersons in Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai stated, “189 candidates` names have been declared. Consensus is there in almost all areas. Some people disagree (with the list) and a discussion will be done with them. I am in constant contact with them. I have spoken to Laxman Savadi (State Vice president) and asked him not to take any hasty decision.” BJP declared 189 candidates for Karnataka meeting polls because it sought to strike a stability by way of illustration of assorted castes and communities whereas placing up “strong candidates” towards senior Congress leaders.Apart from contemporary faces, the BJP has additionally centered on “social engineering” in its first checklist of candidates, get together sources stated.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will recontest from the Shiggaon constituency. Party sources stated the checklist has 52 contemporary faces and 21 sitting MLAs have been dropped. The polling will happen for 224 seats within the state meeting on May 10 and the counting of votes will happen on May 13. With the get together seen to have sturdy help amongst Lingayats, it has determined to offer tickets to 51 members from the neighborhood. The checklist contains 32 candidates from the OBC neighborhood, 30 belonging to the Scheduled Castes and 16 to Scheduled Tribes. The checklist has eight girls candidates. It has former IAS and IPS officers, 5 advocates, 9 medical doctors, three academicians, former authorities staff and social activists.
The checklist doesn’t have any candidates from the Muslim neighborhood. Party sources stated that candidates for the remaining 35 seats will probably be finalised by Wednesday afternoon. Among the distinguished candidates declared by the get together, BY Vijayendra, son of former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP chief BS Yediyurappa, will contest from the Shikaripura seat.Â
The BJP has fielded Manikanta Rathod, a 28-year-old youth towards Priyank Kharge, son of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge from Chittapur. State Minister B Sriramulu will contest from Bellary Rural, State Health Minister Dr Sudhakar Okay from Chikkaballapur and State Minister Dr Ashwathnarayan CN from Malleshwaram seat. State Minister R Ashoka will contest from two seats- Padmanabhanagar and Kanakapura. He is pitted towards Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar in Kanakapura. BJP basic secretary CT Ravi will contest from Chikmagalur. V Somanna will contest towards Congress chief Siddaramaiah from Varuna seat. V Somanna may even contest from Chamarajanagar seat. BJP stated that the get together has completed an elaborate train of suggestions earlier than deciding the get together candidates and expressed confidence within the get together returning to energy within the southern state. Congress has already declared 166 candidates in two lists.
