With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announcing incumbent Member of Parliament Raja Amareshwar Naik as its candidate for Raichur parliamentary constituency, the followers of the former MP B.V. Naik have now openly expressed dissatisfaction against the party high command’s decision to not consider their leader for candidature.
The Raichur (reserved for Scheduled Tribes) parliamentary constituency includes three Assembly constituencies, Yadgir, Shahapur, and Shorapur in Yadgir district, apart from five in Raichur district, Raichur Urban, Raichur Rural, Manvi, Lingsugur and Deodurg.
In the 2023 Assembly elections, out of the eight constituencies, the Congress won Yadgir, Shahapur, Shorapur, Raichur Rural and Manvi, while the BJP won Raichur Urban and Lingsugur and the Janata Dal(S) won Deodurg.
