Senior BJP chief KS Eshwarappa nowadays stated he might now no longer contest the May 10 Karnataka election, including to the acute hypothesis approximately the birthday birthday celebration delaying the statement of applicants. “I am taking flight from electoral politics,” Mr Eshwarappa stated in a letter to BJP president JP Nadda.
“The birthday birthday celebration gave me quite a few duties withinside the ultimate forty years. I went from a sales space in-price to kingdom birthday birthday celebration chief. I additionally had the honor of turning into Deputy Chief Minister,” he wrote in a short letter in Kannada. He stated the selection changed into his own.
This may also had been a preemptive pass with the aid of using Mr Eshwarappa, who had hinted ultimate month that he might be dropped as a candidate.
Mr Eshwarappa turns seventy five this June, hitting the unofficial age bar withinside the BJP for leaders to contest polls and maintain posts.
The veteran legislator has regularly been on the centre of controversies because of his unfiltered statements. Last month, he had controversially puzzled in public, whilst Azaan prayers had been gambling from a mosque, whether “Allah is deaf” that loudspeakers are required to name him.
“This (azaan) is a headache for me, anywhere I pass I even have the identical problem. Does Allah pay attention prayers handiest if one screams on a microphone? Is Allah deaf? I don’t have any doubt there may be an give up to this quickly as there’s a Supreme Court judgement. PM Modi has requested us to admire all religions, however I need to ask can Allah pay attention handiest in case you scream on a microphone? This problem need to be resolved quickly,” Mr Eshwarappa commented.
“Even we Hindus pray in temples, recite shlokas and sing bhajans, we’ve extra religion than them and it’s miles Bharat Mata who protects religions, however in case you say that Allah listens handiest in case you pray with a microphone I need to query if he`s deaf. It isn’t always needed, this problem need to be resolved”.
The BJP has driven its statement of applicants for the election to the 224-member meeting to truely the ultimate minute. Nominations near on Thursday. The birthday birthday celebration has held marathon conferences to finalise applicants.
Reports recommend many sitting MLAs had been dropped and defectors from Congress and Janata Dal Secular, who helped deployation a BJP government, may be rewarded.
