Here's the complete first list of 189 BJP candidates for Karnataka announced on Tuesday
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), currently in power in Karnataka, released its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections on Monday. The ruling party in the state announced candidates for 189 assembly constituencies.
The party has nominated Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to contest from the Shiggaon constituency. Both constituencies are in the state's northwestern region.
While the saffron party has fielded as many as 52 fresh candidates in the coming elections, it also dropped several sitting MLAs and leaders of the party in the list.
Here’s the complete list of 189 candidates announced by the BJP on Tuesday evening.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
