Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah during BJP election committee meeting at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday. BJP becomes the second party after Janata Dal (Secular) to announce a limited candidate list for the 12 May polls. Photo: PTIBengaluru:The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released a list of 72 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka elections, due to be held on 12 May. The central election committee of the BJP met in Delhi late on Sunday to decide the candidate list. The list comes on the day that Congress president Rahul Gandhi was in Bengaluru and attacking the BJP on issues of corruption and other serious charges.

Source: Mint April 09, 2018 06:00 UTC