Bengaluru: Even as the BJP High Command is mulling on fielding Karnataka BJP Vice-President B.Y. Vijayendra from Varuna Assembly segment in Mysuru district to take on Opposition leader and Congress stalwart Siddharamaiah, Vijayendra , who is the son of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY), is said to have told the party top brass that he may opt to contest from Varuna only if he is allowed to contest from his home Constituency Shikaripura too.
The BJP top brass along with RSS leaders reportedly met here late into night yesterday to finalise the list of BJP candidates for the May 10 polls. The meeting is said to have seriously discussed the possibility of fielding Vijayendra from Varuna, when Vijayendra is said to have told them that he would contest from Varuna only if he is given the party ticket from Shikaripura in Shivamogga district too.
