The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its second list of 82 candidates for elections to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly.
The names were finalised by the party’s Central Election Committee headed by party President Amit Shah and has Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda among its members.
No Muslim or Christian candidate has been given a ticket by the BJP.
No Muslim or Christian candidate has been given a ticket by the BJP.
Second list of 82 BJP candidates for ensuing general election to the legislative assembly of Karnataka 2018 finalised by BJP Central Election Committee. pic.twitter.com/8kWG2MrbsL— BJP (@BJP4India) April 16, 2018
The BJP had released the first list of 72 candidates on April 8.
BS Yeddyurappa to contest from Shikaripura
The party has still not announced the name of its candidate from Udupi against Congress candidate Pramod Madhwaraj, though it is almost certain that the ticket may go to former BJP MLA Raghupati Bhat. The BJP has not named its candidate from Kaup either, where Congress has fielded sitting MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake. It has however announced in its list that Sukumar Shetty will contest from Byndoor.
The saffron party, which is striving to return to power in Karnataka after a gap of five years, has announced Yeddyurappa as its chief ministerial candidate, with a target of winning 150 out of 224 assembly seats.
The Congress, too, had announced its first list of 218 candidates on Sunday for the state assembly polls.
Meanwhile, Janata Dal Secular has already announced candidates for 126 constituencies. The party is in alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party for Karnataka Polls
With polling day inching closer, Karnataka has turned into a political battleground with both the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP extensively campaigning across the state.
The southern state goes to polls on May 12 to elect its representatives and results will be out on May 15.
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