Karnataka polls: BJP Releases First List of 72 Candidates
New Delhi:
The BJP’s Central Election Committee on Sunday announced its first list of 72 candidates for the May 12 Assembly elections in Karnataka, where the saffron party hopes to return to power.
MP and state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa will contest from the Shikaripura Assembly constituency, while B Sriramulu, party MP from Ballari district, will be the candidate from Molakalmuru in Chitradurga district. The meeting, chaired by BJP president Amit Shah, was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Ananth Kumar, BJP general secretary in-charge of the state P Muralidhar Rao and national joint organising secretary B L Santosh.
Yeddyurappa, Union Ministers in-charge of Karnataka Prakash Javadekar and Piyush Goyal and state BJP organising secretary Arun Kumar also attended the meeting, which lasted for more than three hours.
Central election committee secretary J P Nadda released the list at a press conference here. Modi’s campaigns in the state and the programmes of other Central leaders were discussed in the meeting. The issue of countering the Congress and JD(S) were also raised, sources said.
The names of Candidates in the First list are:
- Nippani – Shashikala Jolle
2. Athani- Laxman Savadi
3. Kagwad -Bharamagouda H Kage
4. Kudachi -P Rajeev
5. Raybag -Duryodhana Aihole
6. Hukkere -Umesh Katti
7. Arabhavi -Balachandra Jarakiholi
8. Belgaum Rural -Sanjay Patil
9. Bailhongal -Dr Vishwanath Patil
10. Saudatthi Ananda -Vishwanath Mamani
11. Mudhol -Govind Karjol
12. Muddebihal -A S Patil Nadahalli
13. Babaleshwar -Vijugouda Patil
14. Bijapur City -Basavanagouda Patil Yatnal
15. Sindgi -Ramesh Bhusanur
16. Afzalpur- Mallkaiah Guttedar
17. Sringeri -D N Jeevaraj
18. Chikmagaluru -C T Ravi
19. Tumkur Rural -B Suresh Gowda
20. KGF -Y Sampangi
21. Yelahanka -S R Vishwanath
22. Rajarajeshwari Nagar- P M Muniraju Gowda
23. Dasarahalli -S Muniraju
24. Malleshwaram -Dr C N Ashwathnarayan
25. Hebbal -Dr Y A Narayanaswamy
26. CV Raman Nagar -S Raghu
27 Rajaji Nagar – S Suresh Kumar
28. Govindraj Nagar – V Somanna
29. Chickpet – Uday Garudachar
30. Basavanagudi – Ravi Subramanya
31. Padmanabaha Nagar – R Ashok
32. Jayanagar – B N Vijaykumar
33. Mahadevapura – Aravinda Limbavali
34. Bommanahalli – Satish Reddy
35. Bangalore South – M Krishnappa
36. Anekal – A Narayanaswamy
37. Hosakote – Sharath Bachegowda
38. Channapatna – CP Yogishwar
39. Shrirangapattana- Nanjude Gowda
40. Sullia – S Angara
41. Madikere – Appachu Ranjan
42. Shorapur – Naraishma Naik
43. Shahapur – Guru Patil Shiraval
44. Gulbaraga Dakshina – Dattatreya Patil Revur
45. Aland – Subhash Guttedar
46. Basavakalyan – Mallikarjun Khuba
47. Aurad – Prabhu Chouhan
48. Raichur Rural – Thipparaju Havaldar
49. Raichur – Dr Shivaraj Patil
50. Devadurga – Shivanagouda Naik
51. Lingsugur – Manappa Vajjal
52. Kushtagi – Doddanagouda Patil
53. Dharwad – Amruth Desai
54. Hubli-Dharwad-Central – Jagadeesh Shettar
55. Hubli – Dharwad -west – Aravinda Bellad
56. Karwar – Roopali Naik
57. Sirsi – Vishweswar Hegde Kageri
58. Hangal – C M udasi
59. Shiggaon – Basavaraj Bommai
60. Hirekerur – U B Banakar
61. Vijayangara – Gaviyappa
62. Kampli – T H Suresh Babu
63. Sandur – B Raghavendra
64. Molakalmuru – B Sriramul
65. Chitradurga – G H Tippareddy
66. Hiriyur – Poornima Srinivas
67. Hosadruga – Gulihatti D Shekar
68. Davanagere North – S A Ravindranath
69. Shimoga- K S Eswarappa
70. Shikaripur- B S Yeddyurappa
71. Kundapur – Haladi Srinivasa Shetty
72. Karkala- V Sunil Kumar
