Bengaluru: Rebellion is brewing in Karnataka BJP after the party leadership picked 72 new faces for the May 10 elections to elect all 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The departure of seasoned BJP leaders from the party is continuing after the Lingayat heavyweight Jagadish Shettar quit the party and returned to Congress. This situation has put the state party
The BJP leadership is believed to have taken the action after the twelve suspended rebels filed their nominations as independent candidates after being denied tickets by the ruling party in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. All of the twelve rebels were seeking tickets in the Assembly election. This is the second list of rebels who have been suspended after the party suspended seven rebels on Sunday.
This came just days after seven BJP leaders were suspended for running as independent candidates in the first phase of Assembly elections on December 1. The Gujarat BJP has now suspended 12 more leaders who are running against official candidates in Assembly seats that will go to polls in the second phase on December 5