Amid rumours of dissent in the ranks following the unveiling of the party's first list of candidates for the ensuing Karnataka Assembly polls, former chief minister and senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa said the party was trying to pacify those not happy with the choice of candidates.
With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) giving tickets to 52 new faces in its first list of candidates for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections, the party's national general secretary CT Ravi on Wednesday said the BJP stand apart from other parties as it keeps on experimenting.
BJP on Tuesday released the first list of candidates for 189 seats out of 224 seats for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections with 52 new candidates getting tickets.
Supporters of Congress leader Akhanda Shrinivas Murthy have sought divine intervention to get the party ticket for him to contest the Karnataka assembly polls from the Pulikeshinagar constituency.
Janata Dal (Secular) leader Abdul Aziz, who sought a ticket from the Narasimharaja assembly constituency, has resigned from JDS, which is a big setback for the party, said sources.
BJP and Congress leaders took swipe at each other on Friday during the poll battle in Karnataka as electioneering gathered pace in the southern state with almost a month left for polling
While speaking to ANI, K Sudhakar said, "Let's wait for one more day. BJP has always given a lot of opportunities to the youth and women and has maintained social justice. Above all, we have always given priority to workers of the party. So the party is different from all other parties to
Talking about the relationship with his father, Anil Antony said, "We all are different and our thinking is also different. Joining BJP is my personal decision and my father has been associated with Congress for many decades. He has a different attachment to Congress."