Former speaker of the legislative meeting, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, will as a substitute contest as BJP candidate from Uttara Kannada.
Former CM Jagadish Shettar, who returned to BJP after an eminently forgettable stint with Congress lasting lower than a 12 months, will tackle Mrunal, son of Karnataka minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, in a high-stake battle for Belgaum.
Shettar will exchange incumbent BJP MP Mangala Angadi regardless of stiff opposition to his candidature on the native degree. Shettar’s daughter is married to Mangala’s son.
Former minister Ok Sudhakar will contest from Chikkaballapur and sitting MP (from Raichur ST-reserved constituency) Raja Amareshwar Naik is without doubt one of the few parliamentarians who will search re-election.
BJP had introduced names for 20 seats 10 days in the past and recognized candidates for 4 extra seats on Sunday. The celebration is but to announce its nominee for Chitradurga.
Ticket denial to Hegde was anticipated
The celebration deferred its resolution on Chitradurga, the place the race for the ticket is between incumbent A Narayanaswamy and former deputy chief minister Govind Karjol.
Three seats -Kolar, Mandya and Hassan – are with its regional alliance accomplice JD(S). Denial of ticket to Anantkumar Hegde – who sought to increase his lease on the seat after indicating that he would possibly sit out as a result of well being causes – was not surprising due to his controversial remarks, together with one on altering the Structure.
Ok Sudhakar pipped Yelahanka BJP legislator SR Vishwanath’s son to bag Chikkaballapur-seat ticket the place the Congress is but to announce its candidate. Sudhakar was elected thrice from the Chikkaballapur meeting phase earlier than struggling a shock defeat towards Congress candidate Pradeep Eswar.
Sumalatha was anticipated to be accommodated in Bangalore North or in one of many few Vokkaliga-dominated seats, after Mandya candidacy went to the JD(S) as per the alliance settlement.
