List of BJP Candidates for Gujarat Assembly Elections Saw 38 MLAs droppedThe same model should be implemented in Karnataka due to elections due early next year, including former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, demanding from Karnataka Rajya Sabha member Lahar Singh Siroya.
“What has happened in Gujarat should also serve as a model in Karnataka. Former Gujarat CM @vijayrupanibjp, former deputy CM @Nitinbhai_Patel as well as former ministers @imBhupendrasinh and @PradipsinhGuj have decided not to contest the assembly elections,” Mr Siroya tweeted, adding it was a “commendable move” allowing smooth generation change”. ,
“Karnataka assembly elections will be held in a few months from now. Senior state leaders should make way for young people in the larger interest of the state and the nation,” he further tweeted.
While Mr Siroya does not hold an organizational position, the former aide of senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa is considered well-established among the small group of political callers for the party in the state. However, sources say that what was done instinctively to remove Mr Yediyurappa was believed to be a move that could have paved the way for a “smooth generation change”, but when the party learned that he was quietly If not go, Lingayat will harm the vote bank. Until the election on Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai was held, the party had no suitable alternative. “Yeddyurappa’s return to prominence by inducting him into the parliamentary board of the BJP, its highest decision-making body, confirms that Karnataka is not a replica of Gujarat,” the source said.
needs a new narrative
Nevertheless, the tweets highlighted the fact that the BJP’s Karnataka unit needs a new story and narrative, as they are facing a massive anti-incumbency, governance deficit and corruption charges. Talks have escalated so much that former chief minister Jagadish Shettar announced in a confidence building measure in his constituency in Hubballi last week that he would get a ticket to contest again.
Mr Shettar is not the only one whose name is in the news. Former minister KS Eshwarappa, who recently had to resign over allegations of abetment to suicide of a government contractor due to high commission demands (an inquiry cleared him of the charges) is also under attack. The names of several old-age MLAs, such as Mahadevappa Yadav, 82, MLA from Ramdurg, SA Rabindranath, 76, representing Davangere North and Nimbanwar, 71, CM from Kalaghatgi, are also doing the rounds. The need to beat the anti-incumbency wave may prompt the BJP to move the Gujarat model of candidate selection to Karnataka.