The BJP, past midnight on Monday, declared Tejasvi Surya as the party’s candidate from Bengaluru South, a seat that had been held by late union minister Ananth Kumar till his death last year.
With this list, the party has announced names of 310 candidates for the general elections.
OMG OMG!!! I can’t believe this.
PM of world’s largest democracy & President of largest political party have reposed faith in a 28 yr old guy to represent them in a constituency as prestigious as B’lore South. This can happen only in my BJP. Only in #NewIndia of @narendramodi— Chowkidar Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) March 25, 2019
Two Lok Sabha poll candidates are for Karnataka and one each for Assam and Uttar Pradesh.
In Karnataka, the BJP has fielded Ashawat Narain from Bangalore Rural and Tejasvi Surya from Bangalore South.
Rajveer Singh Balmiki has been fielded from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras (SC) Lok Sabha seat and Rupak Sharma from Nowgong in Assam BJP’s Sanat Gadtia will contest against Chief Minister and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik in Bijepur in the Odisha polls, which will be held simultaneously in the state with the parliamentary elections.
(With Agency Inputs)
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