Karnataka BJP likely to recommend MLC ticket for B S Yediyurappa’s son Vijayendra

The Karnataka BJP core committee that met on Saturday is said to have discussed recommending over a dozen names including the party Vice President and veteran leader B S Yediyurappa’s son B Y Vijayendra, to the central leadership, for the upcoming Legislative Council polls. The committee is also said to have discussed the possibility of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman being given the ticket for re-election to Rajya Sabha from the state, party sources said. The core committee meeting was attended by BJP national General Secretary in-charge of the state Arun Singh, state President Nalin Kumar Kateel, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, former CMs Yediyurappa and Jagadish Shettar, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, national General Secretary C T Ravi, among others. Biennial
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