Yeddyurappa Talks Tickets With Amit Shah, First List Expected Soon

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Bengaluru, April 8, 2018: Karnataka BJP president and CM hopeful BS Yeddyurappa is in Delhi to discuss ticket allocation with party president Amit Shah. It is expected that the first list will be announced later today.

Sources said that the Bellary Reddy brothers will get tickets from the BJP. Somashekara Reddy will get the ticket from Bellary city and Sriramulu from Bellary Rural.

Earlier in the day, BS Yeddyurappa has tweeted ’pertinent questions’ that Congress president Rahul Gandhi needs to ask CM Siddaramaiah about Bengaluru. "Dear Rahul Gandhi, it is time you ask some pertinent questions to CM Siddaramaiah about Bengaluru. Improving the city’s infrastructure has been the state govt’s least priority. Can you ask why?":

On Saturday, Rahul along with Siddaramaiah, party’s state unit president G Parameshwara and other leaders met Sri Adi Chunchanagiri Mutt head Sri Nirmalanandanatha Mahaswamiji. Meanwhile, Mate Mahadevi, the first female Lingayat seer, has called for the community to back Congress and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. Slamming Amit Shah, she accused the BJP chief of “lying and misleading people” and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce separate religion status by April 18, Basava Jayanti.