Third list of 59 candidates released by BJP- karnataka elections
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Apr 20, 2018, 10:59 PM
New Delhi/Bengaluru, April 20: The BJP on Friday released third list of 59 candidates for the May 12 elections to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly, including Karunakar Reddy, one of the Reddy brothers from Harapanahalli in Ballari district.
With this, the BJP has announced 213 candidates. The party had, in its second list of 82 candidates released on April 16, fielded G. Somashekar Reddy, younger brother of Ballari mining baron G. Janardhan Reddy from Ballari City segment.
Karunakar Reddy was the state's Revenue Minister in the first BJP government in the southern state from 2008-2013.
The party on April 8 released its first list of 72 candidates, including three women.
Though there were no women candidates in the second list, two women are in the third list, namely Susheela Devraj from Pulukeshi Nagar (SC) segment in Bengaluru and Shwetha Gopal from Krishnarajanagara or K.R. Nagara segment in Mysuru district.