BJP names Tejasvi Surya for Bengaluru South

The BJP has announced the name of Tejasvi Surya, 28, for Bengaluru South Lok Sabha seat ending a long suspense. Surya is an advocate and general secretary of BJP Youth wing, Karnataka.

The BJP Central Election Committee made the announcement well after midnight. It is a mystery as to why the BJP central leadership dropped the name of Tejaswini Ananthkumar, wife of the late Ananthkumar in spite of her impressive track record as a social worker.

According to sources, it is the faction feud within the Karnataka BJP which hurt Tejaswini’s chances though she belonged to none of the groups.



Tejaswini, who had been actively campaigning along with party workers and friends from the day the Bengaluru South MLAs recommended her name to the central leadership. She tweeted after the BJP announced its decision well after midnight: “Time to show we are a party with a difference. We are all committed to tread the path of ideology.”

Tejasvi Surya, a close relative of Basavanagudi MLA L.A.Ravi Subramanya (BJP) is said to have the strong backing of BJP national joint general secretary (organisation) B.L.Santhosh. He will now be taking on B.K. Hariprasad of the Congress.