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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Staff Reporter

Vijayendra for Council, Nirmala for RS among names recommended

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Core Committee that met on Saturday decided to recommend the name of B.Y. Vijayendra, son of the former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, for the Legislative Council polls and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the Rajya Sabha election, among others.

If this goes through, it will be the debut of Mr. Vijayendra, BJP State vice-president, as a legislator which is expected to pave the way for his induction into the Cabinet.

Elections to seven seats of the Legislative Council will be held on June 3 and elections to three seats of the Rajya Sabha from the State will be held on June 10, to be elected from the Assembly. The BJP can comfortably win four Council and two Rajya Sabha seats.

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