Though the party has fielded 52 fresh faces, 96 sitting MLAs or their kin will contest the May 10 elections, including 12 MLAs who were elected on a BJP ticket after defecting from Congress and JD(S) in 2019.
All the seven candidates in the fray for the biennial election to Karnataka Legislative Council, slated to be elected by the Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs), were on Friday declared as elected "unopposed".
The BJP's central leadership has ignored the recommendation made by party's Karnataka unit to field former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's son in the June 3 biennial election to seven seats of Karnataka Legislative Council
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