Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will recontest from the Shiggaon constituency. Party sources said the list has 52 fresh faces and 21 sitting MLAs have been dropped.
Savadi is a three-time MLA from Athani, but lost in the 2018 elections to Kumathalli (then in the Congress).
The decision of the former state unit president, who played a key role along with B S Yediyurappa in building the party in the state over the last four decades, came in the midst of the BJP finalising its list of candidates for the elections.
There is one more meeting today to finalise the list, the Karnataka BJP strongman said, adding that he is confident of its release by this evening.
Bommai had recently accused Shivakumar of making phone calls to BJP MLAs and offering them tickets in constituencies where the Congress was yet to announce candidates.
In central Karnataka, especially among the ST community, Sudeep has a lot of fans. He is a member of the Nayaka group, which is a ST.
Elections are slated to be held in Karnataka in a single phase on May 10, and counting of votes will take place on May 13.
The weather office also said that dry weather is likely to prevail over the north internal Karnataka.
Earlier in the day, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai also exuded confidence in winning the state Assembly polls slated to take place on May 10.
Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, he took the Congress leaders to task for giving the wrong information to a few communities that they have been removed from the SC list.
The present legislature’s term will expire on May 24. 5.21 billion individuals are eligible to exercise their right to vote, including 2.62 billion men and 2.59 billion women: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.
The Election Commission of India will announce the schedule for the elections today at 11.30 am in the national capital.
Shivakumar expressed confidence in the Congress’s preparedness for the Assembly elections ahead of the announcement of the schedule for the polls today by the Election Commission at 11.30 am.
Almost 77 per cent of Karnataka is arid or semi-arid and is vulnerable to climate-change-related variable rainfall causing droughts and floods, and leading to groundwater depletion, and deteriorating water quality, a World Bank statement said on Wednesday.
Virupakshappa was arrested near Kyathasandra toll plaza in Tumakuru on March 27, in a bribery case, after his bail application was rejected by Karnataka High Court.
The Chief Minister also said that BJP’s first list of candidates is likely to be announced in the first week of April.
The government moved Muslims into the 10 per cent Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) pool.
Sandeep Shetty Mogaru, a member of the Ganjimutt gram panchayat in Mangaluru taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, was a local BJP activist.
During the protest, a Congress leader alleged that the toll has been levied when even the service road has not been completed, and they are protesting against this.
The term of the 224-member Karnataka Assembly is set to end on May 24.
Speaking reporters here, he said, officials have been asked to keep a strict vigil on those around him, Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah and its Working Presidents, among other leaders.
Lokayukta was on duty after getting a complaint about the demand for a bribe. According to Lokayukta, more than Rs 1.7 crore in cash was found at Prashanth Madal’s office.
Yediyurappa said there is no question of him sitting at home and he will tour across the State seeking votes for the party in the Assembly elections.
Shivamogga is the home district of Yediyurappa and his family, though his native place is Bookanakere in Mandya district.
Shah at ‘Vijay Sankalp Samavesh’ said that Congress and JDS will never be able to benefit common people and work for the upliftment of those in poverty.