Somanna is BJP candidate for Legislative Council polls

 Former minister V Somanna (in pic) will be the BJP candidate for the Legislative Council election in the state. He was four-time MLA and one-time MLC.

There was some resistance within the party to field Somanna as he has differences with state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa. However, Somanna enjoys the support of Union Minister Ananth Kumar.

Somanna is likely to file his papers on Tuesday.