Too many vying for LS tickets
Perhaps for the first time in coastal Karnataka, many BJP leaders have openly sought the ticket for contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Udupi-Chikkamagalur and Dakshina Kananda constituencies. Union Minister of State for Agriculture, Farmers’ Welfare and Food Processing Industries Shobha Karandlaje and former party chief Nalin Kumar Kateel, respectively, are now representing the two constituencies. The former Congress Minister Pramod Madhwaraj, who joined the BJP in 2022, and the former Udupi district unit BJP chief Kuilady Suresh Nayak too are lobbying for the Udupi-Chikkamagalur seat.
Kishore D. Suvarna, secretary of the All-India Fishermen’s Association, Udupi, has openly demanded the BJP ticket for Mr. Madhwaraj. In a video that went viral recently, he took Ms. Karandlaje to the task at a meeting in Udupi, questioning her inability to get the road connecting to Malpe Fisheries Harbour widened into a four-lane way. A visibly miffed Minister hit back at him.
