New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its list of 189 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. The announcement was made on Sunday, April 11, 2023. Among the list of candidates, the incumbent Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will contest from the Shiggaon constituency.

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.

 Caught in the political row over market place battle with popular Karnataka brand Nandini, head of the Gujarat-based cooperative selling Amul brand on Tuesday said it will sell milk and curd only through online channels in Bengaluru and there is no competition with Nandini milk which is much cheaper due to the state government subsidy.

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has expressed his displeasure over the suggestion of the party high command to not contest the upcoming assembly polls. Shettar, who belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said that he is hurt by the suggestion and has made it clear that he will contest the polls.

Bengaluru: The Congress party has launched a fresh attack on the BJP, accusing them of keeping former Chief Minister of Karnataka, B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY), out of a meeting for ticket distribution. Congress claimed that BJP brought Prahlad Joshi to the meeting instead of Yeddyurappa.

Bengaluru: Senior BJP legislator KS Eshwarappa on Tuesday announced that he would not be contesting in the upcoming Karnataka elections adding that he won't take any further part in electoral politics.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said the first list of BJP's candidates for the May 10 Assembly polls, can be expected to be released today.