It's official: Nalin gets ticket, BJP announces 20 candidates
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Mar 8: After weeks of speculations and internal politics within the BJP for the coveted Mangalore Lok Sabha seat, Nalin Kumar Kateel will finally heave a sigh of relief as BJP general secretary Ananth Kumar on Saturday March 8 officially announced the sitting MP's name for Mangalore seat.
He also announced the names of 20 candidates for Karnataka Lok Sabha constituencies on Saturday.
Interestingly, four sitting MPs D B Chandregowda, B Y Ragavendra (B S Yeddyurappa's son), Shivaramegowda and Sanna Fakeerappa have been denied the tickets.
D V Sadananda Gowda has been given the ticket from Bangalore North as expected, while former CM B S Yeddyurappa will contest from Shimoga.
Candidate for Udupi has not been finalized yet. Though Shobha Karandlaje's name was confirmed earlier, strong opposition from C T Ravi forced the BJP high command to put Udupi seat on hold for now.
The list of BJP candidates from Karnataka is as follows:
Bangalore South : Ananth Kumar
Bangalore North : D V Sadananda Gowda
Bangalore Central : P C Mohan
Bangalore Rural : C Muniraju
Shimoga : B S Yeddyurappa
Gulbarga : Revunayak Belamagi
Belgaum : Suresh Angadi
Mangalore : Nalin Kumar Kateel
Chikkodi : Ramesh Katti
Dharwad : Prahlad Joshi
Bagalkot : Gaddigowdar
Davanagere : G M Siddesh
Chitradurga : Janardhana Swamy
Chamarajnagar : A Krishnamoorthy
Haveri : Shivakumar Udasi
Bijapur : Ramesh Jigajinagi
Chikkaballapura : B N Bachchegowda
Uttara Kannada : Ananthkumar Hegade
Raichur : Shivanagowda Naik