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Bengaluru: Rebellion is brewing in Karnataka BJP after the party leadership picked 72 new faces for the May 10 elections to elect all 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The departure of seasoned BJP leaders from the party is continuing after the Lingayat heavyweight Jagadish Shettar quit the party and returned to Congress. This situation has put the state party

The most dramatic scenario played out in the Bhoranj seat, where the Congress candidate Suresh Kumar defeated Anil Dhiman of the BJP by just 60 votes.

The BJP leadership is believed to have taken the action after the twelve suspended rebels filed their nominations as independent candidates after being denied tickets by the ruling party in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. All of the twelve rebels were seeking tickets in the Assembly election. This is the second list of rebels who have been suspended after the party suspended seven rebels on Sunday.

This came just days after seven BJP leaders were suspended for running as independent candidates in the first phase of Assembly elections on December 1. The Gujarat BJP has now suspended 12 more leaders who are running against official candidates in Assembly seats that will go to polls in the second phase on December 5

Madhubhai Shrivastav, a local strongman-politician who was once named in a 2002 Gujarat riots case, says "only Delhi decides the tickets"

While two former MPs have turned rebels in BJP, two former ministers who were denied tickets are unhappy with Congress. In a state which has seen a straight contest between these two parties, AAP has already complicated affairs.

According to information, elections in Bhikangaon Municipal Council are about to take place soon. In such a situation, the rebel candidates are spoiling the equation of the political parties.

Nonetheless, Rakesh Goyal, husband of former BJP corporator Manju Goyal, did not withdraw his nomination from Ward No. 54.

The ruling BJP has managed to contain dissent in most areas in the run up to the Goa Assembly polls scheduled for February 14, but four seats, including the prestigious Panaji constituency, continue to be a cause for worry.