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.
BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday held a meeting with CM Bommai over the Karnataka Assembly election 2023 at his residence in Delhi.
The leaders who joined BJP include State General Secretary Rajanna, Chikkaballapur district General Secretary of AAP Narasimha Reddy and many other supporters of various parties.
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.