The BJP on Wednesday launched the occasion’s second list of 23 candidates for the meeting elections in Karnataka. Nagaraja Chabbi, a Congress chief who lately joined BJP, will contest from Kalghatgi.
The second list comes only a day after the occasion launched its first list of 189 candidates, with 52 new faces.
At least 9 legislators together with Ministers Angara (Sullia) and Anand Singh (Vijayanagara), have been dropped. The occasion introduced that senior minister V Somanna would tackle former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Varuna and R Ashoka will contest in opposition to Karnataka Congress chief Shivakumar in Kanakapura.
Somanna may also contest from Chamarajanagar, and Ashoka from Padmanabhanagar segments. Somanna belongs to the Lingayat group which has a big presence in Varuna, whereas Ashoka is seen as BJP’s distinguished Vokkaliga face.
Former Minister C P Yogeshwar would as soon as once more cross swords with Janata Dal (Secular) chief H D (*23*), a former Chief Minister, in Channapatna. In Kolar, the second seat from the place Siddaramaiah is planning to contest, BJP has fielded Varthur Prakash, who had gained twice from the section as an unbiased.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has been fielded from his conventional Shiggaon constituency, whereas B Y Vijayendra would enter the fray from Shikaripura, the seat vacated by his father and former CM B S Yediyurappa, who has introduced retirement from electoral politics.
In its first list, the occasion fielded 9 docs, 5 advocates, three lecturers, one retired IAS officer, one retired IPS officer, three retired authorities workers, and eight social activists. Out of 189 candidates, 32 belong to OBCs, 30 Scheduled Castes, and 16 Scheduled Tribes. There have been 8 girls candidates within the first list.
PTI reported that among the many candidates 51 are Lingayats and 41 are Vokkaligas, the 2 dominant communities in Karnataka. In Vijayanagara, the ruling occasion has given ticket to Siddharth Singh as a substitute of his father and minister Anand Singh. In Athani, the BJP has denied ticket to former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi. This time, the occasion has fielded Mahesh Kumathalli, who had helped the occasion type authorities in 2019, by defecting from the Congress.
Former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao is the BJP candidate from Chamarajpet, whereas former IAS officer B H Anil Kumar will tackle senior Congressman and former Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara in Koratagere. In Belagavi district former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, who had helped engineer the 2019 defections, has obtained a ticket from Gokak. He has additionally managed to safe tickets for his brother Balachandra Jarkiholi from Arabhavi and shut confidant Mahesh Kumathalli from Athani.
Two members from the late Minister Umesh Katti’s household – brother Ramesh Katti and son Nikhil Katti – obtained tickets from Chikkodi Sadalga and Hukkeri respectively, whereas Ratna Vishwanath Mamani, spouse of late Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Assembly Vishwanath Chandrashekar Mamani has obtained ticket from Saundatti Yellamma section.
(With inputs from PTI)
