BJP announces Tejasvi Surya for B'luru South seat

  • | Tuesday | 26th March, 2019

Surya's candidature may raise a lot of eyebrows and is likely to divide the Bengaluru South party cadre. BENGALURU: In a late-night development, the BJP on Monday decided to field L S Tejasvi Surya , nephew of Basavanagudi MLA Ravi Subramanya, from Bengaluru South constituency.A "rising" star in the BJP ranks, Surya, 28, is Karnataka BJP Youth Wing secretary. He will take on Union minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who is seeking a second term.Congress leaders Siddaramaiah, G Parameshwara, D K Shivakumar, Dinesh Gundurao and other senior party leaders finalized Byregowda's name. Surya will take on Congress veteran B K Hariprasad.Earlier, supporters of Tejaswini Ananth Kumar staged a dharna outside her V V Puram home over a likely denial of ticket. BJP also announced the name of former MLA Ashwath Narayan from Bengaluru Rural where he will face D K Suresh, brother of Congress troubleshooter D K Shivakumar.Meanwhile, Congress decided to field rural development minister Krishna Byregowda for Bengaluru North LS constituency, returned by coalition partner Janata Dal(S).

BENGALURU: In a late-night development, the BJP on Monday decided to field L S Tejasvi Surya , nephew of Basavanagudi MLA Ravi Subramanya, from Bengaluru South constituency.A "rising" star in the BJP ranks, Surya, 28, is Karnataka BJP Youth Wing secretary. Surya will take on Congress veteran B K Hariprasad.Earlier, supporters of Tejaswini Ananth Kumar staged a dharna outside her V V Puram home over a likely denial of ticket. Surya's candidature may raise a lot of eyebrows and is likely to divide the Bengaluru South party cadre. BJP also announced the name of former MLA Ashwath Narayan from Bengaluru Rural where he will face D K Suresh, brother of Congress troubleshooter D K Shivakumar.Meanwhile, Congress decided to field rural development minister Krishna Byregowda for Bengaluru North LS constituency, returned by coalition partner Janata Dal(S). Byregowda will file his nomination on Tuesday. He will take on Union minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who is seeking a second term.Congress leaders Siddaramaiah, G Parameshwara, D K Shivakumar, Dinesh Gundurao and other senior party leaders finalized Byregowda's name.

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