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BSP contesting all seats

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Sindhia releases first list, party to circulate a 20-page appeal

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THE FIRST LIST: BSP general secretary P.G.R. Sindhia releasing the party’s first list of 50 candidates in Bangalore on Saturday. Veer Singh (left), MP; M. Muniyappa, BSP State unit president, and Trisul Pani Patil, BSP State general secretary, are with him.

BANGALORE: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will contest all 224 seats in the coming elections to the Legislative Assembly.

Releasing the first list of 50 candidates here on Saturday, the BSP national general secretary P.G.R. Sindhia said the party national president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will tour the State in three phases starting from May 5.

Mr. Sindhia said the party would circulate a 20-page “appeal” issued by Mayawati in lieu of a party manifesto. The appeal would be printed in various languages spoken in Karnataka and would be given at the doorstep of voters by the party workers in the State.

Asserting that the party had a vision for the State, Mr. Sindhia said: “The party follows a philosophy and even in the elections, the party will not waver from it. We have no political enemies but we do have an ideology to follow which makes us different from the other parties.”

He said: “We will post a surprising result in the elections and we have the means to do it. we have invisible voters who are motivated by our philosophy.” Mr. Sindhia said Ms. Mayawati would address eight public meetings in the State. On May 5, she would speak in Chamarajanagar, on May 12 in Bellary and Chitradurga, and on May 17 and 18 in Bidar and Gulbarga.

The party would launch its campaign on April 13 at its party office which would be attended by all district level presidents and office-bearers.

The party leaders, including Mr. Sindhia, would start touring the State from April 19. Mr. Sindhia and State general secretary Pani Patel would tour 80 constituencies together. BSP State unit president Marasandra Muniyappa would tour 80 other constituencies.

Following is the list of BSP candidates: N. Mahesh (Kollegal-SC), Shamsuddin M. Patil Ganihar (Sindhagi),Vaijanath Suryavamshi (Aurad-SC), Sridhar Kalaveer (Sakleshpur-SC), R. Muniyappa (Mahadevapura-SC), M. Muniyappa (Devananalli-SC), Jigani Shankar (Anekal-SC), Parimala Nagappa (Hanuru), V. Srinivasan (Pulikeshinagar-SC), Sayyad Zulfikar Hashmi (Bidar), Mundargi Nagaraj (Hagaribommanahalli-SC), Sayyad Roshan Mullah (Shiggaon), Chandrakantha Gaddagi (Gulburga Rural-SC), D. Shobha Bellary (Hubli-Dharwad East-SC), Babusaheb Kasimnavar (Kalghatgi), Umesh Hegade (Yellapura), Panduranga Swamy (Holalkere), Venkatesh Nayak (Molakalmuru-ST), Varaprasad (Mandya), R. Manjunath (Bangalore South), J. Jayappa (Shikaripura), M.V. Kotresh (Soraba), A. Appayyanna (Byatarayanapura), Vishwanath. C (Mahalakshmi Layout), G. Bette Gowda (Yeshwanthpur), A. Papanna (BTM Layout), M.S. Mukram (Channapatna), Obanna Poojar (Chellakere-ST), H.J. Kantharaju (Hiriyur), Mohan Kumar (Hosadurga), Umesh (Turuvekere), Lingaraju (Tiptur), D. Muralidhar (Koratagere), V. Narayanaswamy (Bangarapet-SC), R.S. Kumar (Malur), Sajjad (Kolar), H. Narayanappa (Mulabagilu-SC), N. Muniswamy (Chintamani), Suresh (KGF-SC), Murugan (Gandhinagar), S.K. Sajid Ahmed (Hebbal), K.P. Narasimharaju (Shantinagar-SC), Venkatesh (Bommanahalli), Vivek Menon (Sarvajnanagar), Srinivasa Murthy (Chamarajanagar), Nisarga Nagaraju (Malleswaram), K.V. Srinivasappa (Rajajinagar), Hennur Srinivas (Pavagada-SC), Guruppaji (T. Narasipura) and Mahadevappa (Nanjangud).

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