Nalin Kumar Kateel  

Taking a jibe at Congress, Karnataka state BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel said there is a need to make everyone as good as Lord Rama.

Nalin Kumar Kateel, the BJP state president has accused former chief minister Siddaramaiah of playing a crucial role in the arrest of DK Shivakumar, the Congress MLA who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)

The BJP top brass has green-lit the prospect of Nalin Kumar Kateel as the Karnataka party unit’s president. But another contender was Mahadevapura MLA Arvind Limbavali. So what went in favour of Nalin Kumar?

 

News of Yeddiyurappa's close confidant Aravind Limbavali losing out on the post of state BJP unit president to Nalin Kumar Kateel left many in the political circle surprised. However, BJP spokesperson Vaman Acharya confirmed that Kateel was the first choice. His words hinted that the recent tarnishing of Limbavali’s image on social media did not help his case either.

While Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel was made the BJP state president of Karnataka, Ramanath Rai, the Congress leader from Mangaluru, has said that he was given the job because he spoke ill of Mahatma Gandhi

BJP candidates Shobha Karandlaje is leading in Udupi-Chikkamagalur, Nalin Kumar Kateel in Dakshina Kannada and Anant Kumar Hegde in Uttara Kannada constituencies by large margins