Karnataka BJP suspended KS Eshwarappa for 6 years for filing an independent Lok Sabha nomination against BJP MP B Y Raghavendra.

Karnataka BJP suspended senior leader and former deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa for six years after he filed a Lok Sabha nomination as an Independent against BJP MP B Y Raghavendra, the son of former chief minister B S Yediyurappa. The party viewed Eshwarappa's independent candidacy as a source of embarrassment and a departure from party discipline, leading to his expulsion.