Karnataka Election 2023 LIVE: Key BJP Meet Underway as 1st List Upsets Some MLAs, CM Says We Gave Reasons

An important meeting is underway at Home Minister’s Amit Shah’s residence regarding Karnataka. Leaders, including BJP Chief JP Nadda, General secretary, oganisation, BL Santosh, in-charge Arun Singh, Election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan are present.

Likely discussion on remaining seats and over the displeasure of many leaders after the first list.

Former Karnataka Deputy CM Laxman Savadi resigns as the Legislative Council member and from the primary membership of the BJP after losing the Athani constituency ticket.

“I have made my decision. I am not the one who goes around with a begging bowl. I am a self-respecting politician. I am not acting under the influence of anyone,” he says.

“Anil Kumar was an IAS Officer, and we worked together. Now, he will be contesting as a BJP candidate. It’s great they have given a ticket to him,” said Congress leader & former Karnataka Dy CM, Dr G Parameshwara.

“I have done a lot of work & people recognize that. It is important that Congress comes back in power, as there are many things happening that should not be happening in the country,” added the leader.

The second list of candidates for the Karnataka elections will be announced by April 20. “Today, in Karnataka, Congress, JD(S) fighting alone, unlike they keep saying that they will fight unitedly against BJP,” added BJP National General Secretary, CT Ravi

Supporters of sitting BJP MLA from Belagavi North, Anil Benake staged a protest last evening after he was denied a ticket in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. BJP released its first list of 189 candidates for the elections yesterday

“Already we have spoken to the ones who are being replaced. We have told them the reasons and have also told them about the opportunity they will be getting later,” said Bommai.

The Chief Minister added that BJP is a national party with discipline and it has the ability to face everything responsibly.

“Seniors have built the party and the party has inturn helped them grow. Hence, there’s a good relationship and there will be no trouble regarding that,” he added.

Former CM of Karnataka will reach Delhi today to meet party’s national president JP Nadda. “I expect positive things will happen. In the coming days, the party high command and state leaders will specify everything,” said Former Karnataka CM & six-time MLA, Jagadish Shettar.

Shettar’s name is not there in BJP’s first list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls.

As the ruling BJP is all set to announce its first list of more than 175 candidates for the May 10 Karnataka assembly polls, former state chief minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday said he has been asked by the party central leadership not to contest the polls “to make way for others”.

Shettar, a 67-year-old sitting MLA from Hubli-Dharwad Central, said he has requested the BJP high command to give him an opportunity to contest as he has never lost a single poll. Read More

After hectic parleys for over the last few days, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday finally announced its 189 candidates for the Karnataka assembly elections. The party said it will announce the names of the remaining candidates in the next few days.

The candidates have been selected to bring in a new generation of leadership and fresh ideas, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is Karnataka poll in-charge for the party, said addressing the press conference in New Delhi. Read More

BJP’s first list of 189 candidates for the Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 includes 52 new faces.

OBC – 32 SC – 30 ST – 16 9 Women 5 Advocates 1 IAS Rtd 1 IPS Rtd

Supporters of BJP MLA Mahadevappa Yadawad last night protested in Ramdurg constituency in Belagavi over ticket being denied to him. Chikka Revana who joined the BJP recently got the ticket from the constituency.

While the first list of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with a majority of seats, is out, the delay in finalising it was caused over a difference of opinion between B S Yediyurappa (BSY), a parliamentary board member and former Chief Minister, and another senior leader from the state, as well as a demand for tickets for all turncoat MLAs.

The dates to announce the list of the BJP candidates was moved ahead at least thrice in the past week, before Karnataka Chief Minister BS Bommai said on Tuesday evening that the lists had been finalised in two batches.

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said R Ashoka will contest against Congress’ DK Shivakumar from Kanakapura while V Somanna will contest against Former CM & Congress leader Siddaramaiah. “This will further boost the confidence of party workers. We are sure BJP will comfortably cross the majority mark,” added the leader.

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya evades the question of not a single Muslim candidate given a ticket in BJP’s first list of 189 candidates and later said: “there are many other seats, the party will take a call.”

The Bharatiya Janata Party has not given ticket to Anant kumar’s wife Tejaswini. Her name was doing rounds for Basavanagudi and Jayanagar seats in Bengaluru.

BJP Sources said that Jagadish Shettar has been asked to come to Delhi so that senior leaders can speak to him. He has been adamant that Central leadership has not yet declared candidate for Hubli Central.

The BJP on Tuesday fielded Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai from his traditional Shiggaon constituency and party strongman BS Yediyurappa’s son BY Vijayendra from Shikaripura constituency as the party released its first list of 189 candidates for the May 10 Karnataka assembly polls. Read More

The BJP fielded former Bengaluru commissioner Bhaskar Rao from Chamarajpet seat in the Karnataka elections.

Veteran Karnataka BJP leader and five-time Shivamogga MLA KS Eshwarappa’s announcement of retirement from electoral politics may not be a decision taken in haste, but one taken in disappointment, say sources close to the leader. Insiders say there was a discussion during the poll candidate selection meeting in Delhi to ask him to seek election from another constituency such as nearby Bhadravati. Read More