LS Polls: Notable BJP campaigners in Karnataka include PM Modi, Amit Shah, and J.P. Nadda
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named 40 star campaigners for the Karnataka Lok Sabha election, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President J.P. Nadda, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Union Ministers S. Jaishankar, Smriti Irani, and Nitin Gadkari.
The Karnataka BJP unit announced a list of candidates on Friday that includes state leaders, three chief ministers, and ten union ministers.
Star campaigners are senior BJP politicians in the state who were not given tickets for the Lok Sabha election.
The famous advocates will take part in rallies, gatherings, and road shows around the region as part of the BJP’s campaign.
Star campaigners include Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Karnataka BJP Election in-Charge Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai, and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
In addition, the BJP has named prominent campaigners among those BJP leaders who have been denied tickets, including former Karnataka BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel from Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, BJP MP Pratap Simha from Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency, Union Minister of State A. Narayanaswamy from Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency, and former Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda from Bengaluru North Lok Sabha constituency.
The roster of BJP’s key campaigners also includes Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, the fiery right-wing leader and MLA.
Yatnal has been critical of senior BJP politician B.S. Yediyurappa, a former chief minister, and B.Y. Vijayendra, the president of the Karnataka BJP.
Other well-known figures on the list of star campaigners are B.S. Yediyurappa, B.Y. Vijayendra, B.S. Joshi, Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje, R. Ashoka, the leader of the opposition in Karnataka, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, senior BJP leader Sudhakar Reddy, and former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar. The list also includes former Deputy Chief Ministers Govind Karjol, C.N. Ashwath Narayan, former Minister B. Sriramulu, Arvind Limbavali, and V. Sunil Kumar.
