Even though the BJP’s central leadership and the erstwhile royal family of Mysore had successfully managed to keep the move to field Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar from Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency under wraps for a long time, the reasons behind denial of the BJP ticket to sitting MP Pratap Simha too have remained opaque.
While Mr. Simha, who had campaigned hard for renomination for a third time in a row, has been maintaining that he was also unaware of the grounds, few in the party have not been able to give reasons for the party leadership’s decision to deny renomination to the sitting MP, who had even brought out a booklet on his contributions to the constituency during the last ten years.
Just like the party, in a surprise move ten years ago, shifted former MP C.H. Vijayshankar from Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency to Hassan Lok Sabha constituency to accommodate Mr. Pratap Simha as its candidate in Mysuru, no reasons are cited for replacement of Mr. Simha with Mr. Yaduveer.
