Bengaluru, May 21: The Bharatiya Janata Party top brass is likely to send Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to Karnataka for campaigning for the 2018 Assembly polls as the state leaders of the party have failed to their infighting.
Claiming that Adityanath has a huge fan following, especially after he became the chief minister, the state leaders told the central functionaries that his campaign would boost the workers’ morale. They also pressed for early finalisation of candidates so that the rallies can be a huge success.
The state BJP leaders are also understood to have told the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, to start campaigning at least six months ahead of the elections. The polls are expected to be held in March-April.
B S Yeddyurappa announcing that the central leadership has already started a survey in each constituency for selecting the candidates, there is talk that the saffron party may not give tickets to all its sitting MLAs.
A similar practice was followed by the party for the Delhi Municipal Council polls, bringing rich dividends. The BJP top brass has strictly told the state leaders not to come to Delhi lobbying for tickets, instead all aspirants should stay put in the constituency to win the confidence of the BJP workers.
“Ticket will be given to those candidates having huge popularity among party workers and not based on recommendation from the party leaders”, said a senior BJP leader.
“The party workers in the state are enthused after Yeddyurappa and senior leader K S Eshwarappa started touring drought-hit districts together. To keep up the momentum, more engagement by national leaders in the state would be an added advantage,” the senior leader said.
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