Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday declared 189 candidates for Karnataka assembly polls as it sought to strike a balance in terms of representation of various castes and communities while putting up "strong candidates" against senior Congress leaders.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Shivamogga KS Eshwarappa on Tuesday said that he would not contest the Karnataka Assembly Elections scheduled next month.
As the parties exert full force in the last month ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls, the state leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party has asked for the maximum number of campaigns from "popular" Chief Ministers and Union Ministers, sources said on Monday.
Commenting on the Nandini controversy, Karnataka chief minister accused Congress and JD(S) of doing 'politics' over it. " Nandini is a very good brand of our State...Congress and JD(S) doing politics at the time of elections," Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday in Delhi.
Senior BJP leaders on Sunday attended the CEC meeting for the Karnataka Assembly elections scheduled to be held next month at the party headquarters in the national capital.
After the end of the BJP Chief Election Committee (CEC) meeting on Sunday, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai said that the party will announce the list of candidates for the assembly polls in a day or two.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders arrived at the party headquarters in the national capital on Sunday to attend the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting for the Karnataka Assembly elections scheduled to be held next month.
A meeting is underway for the selection of candidates for the Karnataka Assembly elections at the party president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in the national capital as the party is yet to announce the names of candidates for 58 seats.
With Karnataka Assembly elections scheduled to be held next month, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold its Central Election Committee meeting on Sunday, said sources.
Talking about the leaders who will join JDS, HD Kumaraswamy said, "Former Legislative Council member Raghu Achar from Chitradurga had already spoken and he himself said that he would join the JDS."