Shivamogga, Oct 8: Karnataka BJP chief and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa breathed a sigh of relief after the district committee of the saffron party passed a unanimous resolution proposing his son B Y Raghavendra as the candidate for the byelection to the Shivamogga parliamentary seat.
Mr Raghavendra’s name was proposed by K S Eshwarappa, Shivamogga MLA. The proposal was seconded by M B Bhanuprakash, former MLC. Eshwarappa had earlier stated that there were multiple aspirants for BJP ticket for Shivamogga parliamentary seat. However, at the district committee meeting on Sunday, only Raghavendra’s name came up for discussion.
Mr. Eshwarappa told presspersons later that the name of Mr Raghavendra would be sent to party’s State committee. He is likely to file his nomination papers on October 15.
Speaking to presspersons later, B S Yeddyurappa, who had chaired the meeting said that the BJP camp in the district was in a positive frame of mind following its impressive performance in the recent elections for State Assembly and Shivamogga City Corporation. He expressed confidence that, Mr. Raghavendra would win the byelection by a huge margin.
D H Shankaramurthy, former Chairman of State Legislative Council; S. Rudre Gowda, president of party district unit; H. Halappa, Kumar Bangarappa, Araga Jnanendra and K.B. Ashok, MLAs were present in the meeting.
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