Dharmendra Pradan to be BJP's election in charge for Karnataka

 Dharmendra Pradan to be BJP's election in charge for Karnataka

New Delhi 
The BJP has started gearing up for the fast approaching assembly elections in Karnataka.

BJP national president J P Nadda on Saturday appointed Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan as the the party's in-charge for the state.

The BJP is in power in Karnataka and elections are due by April-May this year.

A party communique from Arun Singh also said that BJP president for Tamil Nadu, A. Annamalai will be co-in charge for the elections.

The saffron party is expecting a stiff competition in Karnataka where the Congress and JD(S)will be two other rival players. 

In 2018 polls, the BJP had emerged as the single largest party but when the Congress and JD(S)of Deve Gowda family came together, the dynamics changed.

However, BJP came to power in July 29 when some MLAs extended support to the saffron partyunder the leadership of B S Yediyurappa. In 2021 (July 21), Basavaraj Bommai took charge.

In 2023, the assembly elections are due in nine states and are seen as a semi-final before the next year's big battle vis-a-vis parliamentary polls.

Observers say various say including issues related to terrorism and ways to fight the menace willfigure prominently in Karnataka polls.

Home Minister Amit Shah has rcenely hit out at the Congress, saying Siddaramaiah, who served as the Chief Minister of the state from 2013 to 2018, withdrew cases against the now-banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India. 

It was only after BJP came in power in the state that PFI was banned, and its leaders arrested, he said.

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