NewsKarnataka – Bangalore

Bangalore: The party national president Rajnath Singh has given a reen signal to field B Y Raghavendra from Shikaripura Assembly seat, which was vacated by former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa after getting elected to the Lok Sabha from Shimoga.

However the bypoll for the Shikaripura Assembly segment is yet to be announced.

The BJP, in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, fielded Yeddyurappa from Shimoga parliamentary seat by replacing his son B Y Raghavendra.

The Lingayat leader, who won the seat, recently submitted his resignation as an MLA.

Yeddyurappa had won the Shikaripura seat in 2013 Assembly elections as the Karnataka Janata Paksha candidate.