<p>Four newly-elected BJP members took oath as members of the Karnataka Legislative Council on Friday.</p>.<p>The four-M T B Nagaraj, Pratap Simha Nayak, R Shankar and Sunil Vallyapur- were administered the oath of office by the Chairman of the council K Pratapchandra Shetty.</p>.<p>With this, the BJP's strength in council is 22 whereas the Congress and JD(S) have a strength of 28 and 14 respectively.</p>.<p>Nagaraj and Shankar were the former Congress MLAs who were among the 17 legislators who were disqualified in 2019.</p>.<p>They had joined the BJP later.</p>.<p>Nagaraj had unsuccessfully contested the assembly bypolls.</p>.<p>Shankar was not given a ticket to contest the bypolls as Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had assured him a ticket to the council and a ministerial berth later.</p>.<p>Sunil Vallyapur, a former minister and Pratap Simha Nayak are grassroot level party workers.</p>
<p>Four newly-elected BJP members took oath as members of the Karnataka Legislative Council on Friday.</p>.<p>The four-M T B Nagaraj, Pratap Simha Nayak, R Shankar and Sunil Vallyapur- were administered the oath of office by the Chairman of the council K Pratapchandra Shetty.</p>.<p>With this, the BJP's strength in council is 22 whereas the Congress and JD(S) have a strength of 28 and 14 respectively.</p>.<p>Nagaraj and Shankar were the former Congress MLAs who were among the 17 legislators who were disqualified in 2019.</p>.<p>They had joined the BJP later.</p>.<p>Nagaraj had unsuccessfully contested the assembly bypolls.</p>.<p>Shankar was not given a ticket to contest the bypolls as Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had assured him a ticket to the council and a ministerial berth later.</p>.<p>Sunil Vallyapur, a former minister and Pratap Simha Nayak are grassroot level party workers.</p>