BJP leader holds talks with 'sulking' DVS

Bangalore, Feb 19: The BJP's national joint organising secretary V?Satish held talks with former chief minister D V?Sadananda (DVS) Gowda at the State party office for more than an hour on Monday, in a bid to placate him.

Gowda has been sulking for the last few weeks alleging that he has been sidelined by the party.

The former chief minister, according to sources close to him, is hurt that the State BJP top brass - including State party president K?S?Eshwarappa, deputy chief minister R Ashoka and National?General?Secretary Ananth Kumar - have been sidelining him.

By virtue of being the former State party chief, Gowda, as per the party constitution, becomes a member of the party core-committee. However, he is not being invited to the core-committee meetings, of late.

The differences between Gowda and the BJP top brass cropped up after Eshwarappa,?Ashoka and Ananth Kumar thwarted the former's chances of being appointed the State party president once again. In January this year, the party central leadership had almost finalised the name of Gowda for the post of party chief. Speaking to reporters, Gowda said he would not like to comments on internal developments in the party.

Preparations for polls

The BJP?will hold a day-long meeting on preparations for the urban local bodies elections at a private hotel in Bangalore on Tuesday. The party election committee will meet in the morning, followed by a meeting of MPs and ministers in the afternoon.

The BJP national general secretary and State in-charge, Dharmendra Pradhan, is expected to participate in the meetings.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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