BJP announces candidates list for Kodagu ZP, TP polls

As expected, ticket has been given to former Congress member S N Rajarao and sitting BJP member Lokeshwari Gopal.

Virajpet Town Panchayat former president Kanthi Belliappa, Madikeri TP former Vice-President B Y Ananda Raghu, Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah’s close aide Shantheyanda Ravi Kushalappa, B A Harish, TP members Umaprabhu, MLA M P Appachu Ranjan’s aide Chettalli’s Mani Uthappa, BJP Yuva Morcha President B B Bharathish, Gonikoppa RMC former Vice-President Shareen Subbaiah have been successful in getting tickets.

BJP has not announced its candidate for Kakotuparambu, Balele, Shanthalli, Hebballe and Hanagallu constituencies. Ticket aspirant TP former president Napanda Ravi Kalappa did not get ticket from the party. In fact, ZP Standing Committee on Health and Education President Manu Muthappa’s name is missing in the first list.

The list of candidates for ZP are—Kadanoor (Kanthi Belliappa), Bittangala (Kondedera Ganapathy), Ammathi (Cauvery), Siddapura (B Y Anandaraghu), Gonikoppa (Sumi Subbaiah), Ponnampet (Bose Sommaiah), Srimangala (Shareen Subbaiah), Chennaianakote (Rekha Poovaiah), Makkandur (Ravi Kushalappa), Kanthoor Moornadu (B A Harish), Napoklu (Rohini Kariappa), Sampaje (B D Saraswathi), Bhagamandala (S N Rajarao), Cheyyandane (Umaprabhu), Kadagadalu (Beena Bolamma), Kodlipete (Chandrika Yogesh), Gopalapura (B D Dharmappa), Abboorukatte (Shivappa), Koodige (Lokeshwari Gopal), Kushalnagar (Sulochana), Valnoor Thyagathoor (Mani Uthappa), Madapura (T P Sandesh) and Suntikoppa (B B Bharathish).

Madikeri TP

Madikeri Taluk Panchayat has 11 seats. The BJP has announced its list for all the constituencies except Kunjila (Kakkabbe) constituency. Tickets have been given to new comers. The list is as follows; Makkandur (Y D Padmavathy), Maragodu (Renuka Chenni gayya), Kanthoor (Moornadu) (Vrikshapathi), Sampaje (N R Jayanti), Bettageri (B J Rina Jagannath), Hakathur (Kantha Kaveriappa), Bhagamandala (Kavitha Prabhakar), Bengur (Kuttanda Anitha Dinesh), Napoklu (Karuvanda Suresh), Konanjageri (Kodira Prithvi Mandanna).

Somwarpet TP

The list of candidates are as follows: Beluru Basavanahalli (D S Ponnappa), Hanagallu (Radha), Abborukatte (G S Somaiah), Gowdalli (S S Suresh), Kodlipete (Kushalappa), Handli (Pramila Joyappa), Gopalapura (Nethravathi Erappa), Suntikoppa (P K Mohan), Valnooru Thyagathur (Lokesh), Shanivarasanthe (K H Manu), Koodige (Mani Suresh), Haradoor (Shankaranarayana), Madapura (Naveen Poovaiah) and Somwarpet (rural) (Poornima Gopal). Of the 19 seats, BJP has announced list for 14 seats. The party is yet to announce its candidates for Shanthalli, Hebbale, Athur Nallur, Chettalli, Guddehosur constituencies.

Virajpet TP

Out of 19 seats in Virajpet Taluk Panchayat, BJP has announced its candidates for 14 constituencies. The list is as follows: Kadanur (Sra Manjula), Bittangala (Yamuna), Chembebellur (Vaterira Bopanna), Haligunda (Meera Changappa), Ammathi (P K Sridharan), Palibetta (Anitha Ramdas), Maldare (H K Dinesh), Thithimathi (Vijaya), Balele (Kamala), Gonikoppa ( N S Uthare), Ponnampet (Kabeerdas), Hudikeri (Urmila Somaiaha), Srimanagala (Arun Bheemaiah) and Kutta (Malamani).