NB In List | Karnataka polls: 52 new faces, BSY son and Bommai in first BJP list; Here are key takeaways-
While addressing the press conference BJP"s national general secretary Arun Singh said, "52 new faces, eight women, nine doctors, five lawyers, one retired IPS officer, three retired government employees and eight social activists have been given tickets.
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Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly election 2023, the ruling party in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has announced its first list of candidates in 189 constituencies total of 224.
Here are some of the key takeaways from the first list:
The Karnataka assembly elections will be held in a single phase on May 10, with the counting of votes scheduled on May 13. The filing of nominations will begin on April 13, with the poll notification being issued, and the last day for filing papers is April 20.
The list was declared by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP's poll in-charge in Karnataka, and party general secretary Arun Singh. While addressing the press conference BJP's national general secretary Arun Singh said, "52 new faces, eight women, nine doctors, five lawyers, one retired IPS officer, three retired government employees and eight social activists have been given tickets.
Here are some of the key takeaways from the first list:
- The ruling party tried to include all the sections of the community and tried to cover all the castes in the first list. In this list, tickets have been given to Lingayat-51, Vokkalinga-41, Kurba-7, SC-30, ST-16 and 32 from the OBC community. The list also includes 8 women.
- BJP has fielded 52 new candidates in line with the experiment it did in Gujarat. While it has retained 90 sitting MLAs including 11 from Congress and JD(S) who crossed over in 2019 to help it wrest power from the coalition.
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— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) April 11, 2023 - The key news here is that 11 incumbent leaders have been replaced. The 11 names also include veteran leader B.S. Yediyurappa, who left his constituency for his son B.Y. Vijayendra, and Halady Srinivas Shetty, who announced his retirement from electoral politics. Similarly, MLA Anand Singh's son Siddharth Singh will contest from his Vijayanagara. Anand Singh defected from Congress in 2019. Nikhil Katti, son of former MLA Umesh Katti who died last year, has been chosen to replace his father from the Hukkeri seat.
- The party fielded former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao from the Chamrajpet constituency.
- Chief Minister Basvaraj Bommai will contest again from his traditional seat of Shiggaon. BJP has frayed R Ashoka and V Somanna against Congress stalwarts D K Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah in Kanakapura and Varuna, respectively.
State Ministers - Shashikala Jolai, R Ashok, Prabho Chauhan, Shankar Muniyakappa, Muniratna, ST Somashekar, VC Patil, Variety Vasuraj, Murgesh Nirani, CC Patil, Sunil Kumar, Shivram Hebbar have been given tickets.State Assembly Speaker Vishwaser Hegde has been given the ticket.
The Karnataka assembly elections will be held in a single phase on May 10, with the counting of votes scheduled on May 13. The filing of nominations will begin on April 13, with the poll notification being issued, and the last day for filing papers is April 20.