PM Modi, Amit Shah, Assam CM among 40 big names in BJP’s star campaigners’ list for Karnataka Assembly Polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will be among 40-star campaigners who will campaign for Karnataka Assembly elections scheduled to be held on May 10.
The party released a list of 40 star campaigners on April 18 for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections for which the BJP has exerted full might to return to power.
The other big names from the Centre which will seek votes for the party in BJP’s “gateway to the South” (Karnataka) include Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister Smriti Irand others, reported PTI.
Bharatiya Janata Party released the list of star campaigners dated April 18 on their official Twitter handle of the Karnataka unit on Wednesday.
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಪ್ರಚಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿರುವ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜ್ಯ ನಾಯಕರ ಪಟ್ಟಿ.
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) April 19, 2023
ಇವರೆಲ್ಲರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಅರಳಲಿದೆ ಕಮಲ, ಗೆಲ್ಲಲಿದೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ.#BJPYeBharavase pic.twitter.com/W9QOrnTWzB
The chief ministers of BJP-ruled states including Karnataka’s Basavaraj Bommai who is seeking a second term, Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath, Assam’s Himanta Biswa Sarma, Madhya Pradesh’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will campaign for the party.
Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, KS Eshwarappa who quit electoral politics also feature in the list.
BJP Chief JP Nadda is on a two-day visit to the state. This is Nadda’s first visit to the State after the party announced candidates for the Assembly polls.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will embark on a three-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka from April 21 as the state gears up for a fierce political battle in the month of May.
Shah will hold roadshows in both Davanagere and Devanahalli. This will be Shah’s first visit to Karnataka since the announcement of the polls last month.
Bommai, Yediyurappa’s son BY Vijayendra will file nominations in their respective constituencies today.
The nomination process for the May 10 assembly polls in the state will end on April 20.
The voting for the 224-member assembly will be held in a single phase and the counting of votes will take place on May 13.
(With inputs from PTI)
