BJP LS polls second list out: BJP drops big names including Nalin Kumar Kateel

BJP LS polls second list out: BJP drops big names including Nalin Kumar Kateel

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Mar 13, 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, March 13 unveiled its second list of 72 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, representing 11 states.

 

In Karnataka, out of the 20 seats declared, 10 sitting MPs have been dropped from their respective seats, including Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje, who has been relocated from Udupi Chikkamagaluru to Bengaluru North.  

Former Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda who was previously contesting from this seat has been dropped after he announced his retirement from electoral politics. The Udupi-Chikkamagaluru seat, which saw campaigns and protests against the incumbent MP by supporters of Pramod Madhwaraj and CT Ravi, has now been given to former Union Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary.

Former BJP State President Nalin Kumar Kateel too has been dropped from the list. The BJP candidate from the Dakshina Kannada seat will be Captain Brijesh Chowta, one of the organisers of the Bengaluru Kambala.

Former Union Minister D.M. Siddheshwa’s ticket for Davanagere seat was given to his wife, Gayatri Siddheshwar.

The status of former Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde from the Uttara Kannada seat remains undecided as it is yet to be announced.

Mysuru MP Pratap Simha was not given a ticket, and instead, the BJP has chosen Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar from the Mysuru royal family for the seat. Pratap wished Yaduveer soon after the list was announced. He also asked supporters to take the BJP’s decision in their stride and said that he owes all his success to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Dr CN Manjunath, the son in law of JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda will contest on a BJP ticket from Bengaluru Rural. Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will contest from Haveri, while former Health Minister Sriramulu will contest from Ballari again. Tejasvi Surya has retained the Bengaluru South seat.

Former MLA V Somanna, who lost to a Congress candidate in the Assembly elections, has been fielded from Tumakuru.