Karnataka Polls: PM Modi, JP Nadda, Amit Shah Among BJP's Star Campaigners — Details

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are among the star campaigners for the BJP in poll-bound Karnataka.

Karnataka Polls: PM Modi, JP Nadda, Amit Shah Among BJP's Star Campaigners

The Bharatiya Janata Party has released its list of star campaigners for the Karnataka Assembly elections. Prime Minister Modi, party president JP Nadda and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are among those who will be campaigning in the state.

Bharatiya Janata Party releases list of star campaigners for Karnataka Assembly elections

PM Modi, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah are among those who will be campaigning in the state pic.twitter.com/8DW3qereia

— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2023

The list features 40 star campaigners for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. Some other big names include Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister Smriti Irani, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

 

Among the chief ministers of BJP-ruled states, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath, Assam's Himanta Biswa Sarma, Madhya Pradesh's Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will campaign for the party.

 

Besides, Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, KS Eshwarappa also feature in the list.

 

Jagadish Shettar Files Nomination

Congress leader Jagadish Shettar has filed his nomination from the Hubli-Dharwad-Central Assembly constituency against BJP candidate Mahesh Tenginkai for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Polls.

Jagadish Shettar, who joined the Congress on Monday, accused BL Santhosh, the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of denying him a ticket to run for the Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency in the upcoming election, reported news agency PTI. Shettar, a six-time MLA, was honored by the Congress by receiving a ticket to run for the Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency, while the BJP selected Mahesh Tenginkai, the state general secretary (organisation) for the same seat.

"When there was a possibility of winning with maximum votes, the question emerged why the ticket was denied. What I saw was, the person whom people respect and call him Santhosh ji, it's B L Santhosh, who is the root cause of all this," Shettar said in a press conference.

Shettar, the former Leader of the Opposition, went on to explain that he was the victim of the game played against him and that the ticket that was announced in his favour was later revoked.