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Karnataka is the only state in South India where there is a BJP government.
BJP National President JP Nadda will be on a three-day tour of the election state of Karnataka. During this, he will also address public meetings in Udupi and Belur. During this, Nadda will also go to Mangaluru and participate in a bike rally in Chikkamagaluru. Also visit Sringeri Math, one of the important Hindu pilgrimage places. Let us tell you that there is a possibility of assembly elections in Karnataka in April-May 2023. In the midst of the election stir, a round of allegations and counter-allegations is going on between the JDS and the BJP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also scheduled to visit Karnataka on February 27 before the announcement of election dates. According to reports, Modi may also inaugurate an airport in Shimoga, the home district of former chief minister Yediyurappa, and the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway in the first week of March. Earlier on February 11, Union Minister Amit Shah had also visited Karnataka.
Government formed despite being away from majority
Karnataka is the only state in South India where there is a BJP government. Even after not getting the majority in the last assembly elections, the government was formed in the state. Yeddyurappa was made the CM at that time. However, after some time Basavaraj Bommai was made the Chief Minister.
Dharmendra Pradhan is the election in-charge of the state
Earlier, JP Nadda had appointed Dharmendra Pradhan as election in-charge and Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai as co-in-charge for the Karnataka assembly elections.