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Karnataka polls: BJP releases 2nd list of 23 candidates
BJP releases its second list of candidates for Karnataka assembly election.
The Bharatiya Janata party on Wednesday released its second list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka polls. This comes a day after it had announced 189 candidates in its first list as Karnataka goes to polls in a single phase voting on May 10 and counting of votes will take place on May 13.
The latest list does not include Hubli-Dharwad Central segment, from where former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar wants to contest. It also does not include candidate for the Shivamogga city segment, where sitting MLA and former minister K S Eshwarappa has announced his retirement from electoral politics.
Shettar has been asked by the party's top brass to make way for youngsters, but he has asserted that he wants to contest one last time.
The list includes four Scheduled Caste, one Scheduled Tribe and two women candidates.
Channagiri MLA Virupakshappa, who was recently arrested by Lokayukta police on corruption charges, was among the incumbent MLAs who were not included in the list. Shiv Kumar has been fielded from the Channagiri seat.
In Haveri, sitting MLA Nehru Olekar was replaced by Gavisiddappa Dyamannavar, while in Byndoor, sitting MLA B Sukumar Shetty made way for Gururaj Gantihole.
Mudigere sitting MLA M P Kumaraswamy was dropped and Deepak Doddaiah was named in his place.
Kalghatgi MLA C M Nimbannavar (76) has been replaced by Nagaraj Chabbi who quit Congress and joined the party recently, and in Mayakonda, Basavaraja Naik has been given the ticket instead of sitting MLA N Linganna.
Davangere North MLA S A Ravindranath (76) was denied renomination. Instead, Lokikere Nagraj got the ticket.
The party has so far announced candidates for 212 of the total 224 seats.
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Here is the second list rolled out by BJP for Karnataka assembly election 2023:
- Devar Hippargi - Somanagouda Patil (Sasanur)
- Basavana Bagevadi - SK Bellubbi
- Indi - Kasagouda Biradar
- Gurmitkal- Lalitha Anapur
- Bidar- Eshwar Singh Thakur
- Bhalki- Prakash Khandre
- Gangawati- Paranna Munavalli
- Kalghatgi- Nagaraj Chabbi
- Hangal- Shivaraj Sajjanar
10. Haveri (SC)- Gavisiddappa Dyamannavar
11. Harapanahalli- Karunakara Reddy
12. Davanagere North- Lokikere Nagaraj
13. Davanagere South- Ajay Kumar
14. Mayakonda (SC)- Basavaraja Naik
15. Channagiri- Shiv Kumar
16. Byndoor- Gururaj Gantihole
17. Mudigere (SC)- Deepak Doddajah
18. Gubbi- Dileep Kumar
19. Sidlaghatta- Ramachandra Gowda
20. Kolar Gold Field (SC)- Ashwini Sampangi
21. Shravanabelagola- Chidananda
22. Arsikere- GV Basavaraju
23. Heggadadevankote (ST)- Krishna Naik
