In a significant snub to its State core committee, the BJP high command has actually turned down the three names recommended by it for issuing tickets to contest the Rajya Sabha surveys scheduled on June 19.
Rather, the celebration high command has picked 2 lower known, however old-time party employees as its candidates: the celebration’s organisational in-charge leaders for Belagavi and Ballari zones, Eranna Kadadi and Ashok Gasthi respectively.
Mr. Kadadi, who has been a celebration employee for over three decades, served as president of Belagavi Zilla Panchayat.