In an embarrassment to the party State unit as well as veteran leader B. S. Yediyurappa, the BJP high command has rejected the recommendation by the party’s State core committee to field his son B. Y. Vijayendra for elections to the Legislative Council in Karnataka.
The central leadership of the BJP, which is in a position to win four of the seven Council seats going by its numerical strength in the Assembly, has instead chosen to field former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, former party office secretary Keshav Prasad, Dalit leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and party State secretary Hemalatha Nayak.
