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The party has announced candidates for 212 of 224 seats. It aims to retain power in Karnataka by winning a majority in the Assembly polls.
Published Apr 13, 2023 | 2:49 AM ⚊ Updated Apr 13, 2023 | 2:50 AM
BJP announced the second list of candidates for 23 Assembly seats for the 10 May Karnataka assembly polls on Wednesday.
The BJP on Wednesday, 12 April, announced its second list of 23 candidates for the 10 May Assembly polls in Karnataka, denying tickets to seven sitting MLAs, including Madal Virupakshappa, who was recently arrested on corruption charges.
The party released its first list of 189 candidates on Tuesday.
The latest list does not include the Hubballi-Dharwad Central segment, from where former chief minister Jagadish Shettar wants to contest.
It also does not include the candidate for the Shivamogga City segment, where sitting MLA and former minister KS Eshwarappa announced his retirement from electoral politics.
Shettar has been asked by the party’s top brass to make way for youngsters, but he has asserted that he wants to contest one last time.
The second list includes four Scheduled Caste, one Scheduled Tribe, and two women candidates.
Channagiri MLA Madal Virupakshappa, who was recently arrested by Lokayukta police on corruption charges, was among the incumbent MLAs who were not included in the list.
Shiv Kumar has been fielded from the Channagiri seat.
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಸುವ @BJP4Karnataka ದ 23 ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಎರಡನೇ ಪಟ್ಟಿ. ಎಲ್ಲ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಶುಭವಾಗಲಿ. #BJPYeBharavase pic.twitter.com/NWZzdqPVLh
— Basavaraj S Bommai (Modi Ka Parivar) (@BSBommai) April 12, 2023
In Haveri, sitting MLA Nehru Olekar was replaced by Gavisiddappa Dyamannavar, while in Byndoor, sitting MLA B Sukumar Shetty made way for Gururaj Gantihole.
Mudigere sitting MLA MP Kumaraswamy was dropped and Deepak Doddaiah was named in his place.
Recently, there was a large-scale protest against HD Kumaraswamy by a section of party workers in the constituency when veteran leader BS Yediyurappa visited.
Kalaghatagi MLA CM Nimbannavar (76) has been replaced by Nagaraj Chabbi, who recently quit the Congress and joined the BJP.
In Mayakonda, Basavaraja Naik has been given the ticket instead of sitting MLA N Linganna.
Davangere North MLA SA Ravindranath (76) was denied renomination. Instead, Lokikere Nagaraj got the ticket.
Discontent seems to be brewing within the ruling BJP in Karnataka, with the party facing the heat after announcing its first list of candidates on Tuesday, after some aspirants who missed the bus expressed their displeasure.
The party has so far announced candidates for 212 of the total 224 seats. It aims to retain power in the southern state by winning a majority in the 224-seat assembly.
Filing of nominations will begin on 13 April and continue till 20 April.
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