Karnataka polls: We've not fielded right candidates, says BJP ticket holder

Yogeshwara, a party hopper, is contesting on a BJP ticket this time. He said that PM Modi and Adityanath's oratory won't help BJP much in Karnataka

CP Yogeshwara, 55, is the BJP candidate from the Channapatna assembly constituency. The taluk is famous for its wooden toys.

Since the 1999 assembly elections, Yogeshwara has won as an independent, on a Congress ticket, contested by-elections on a BJP ticket and also on a Samajwadi Party ticket.

Yogeshwara, who has also acted in films, has faced several corruption allegations in the past but is popular among his constituents as he has nursed his constituency well, taking particular care to address the irrigation needs of the farmers of the constituency.

He is a Vokkaliga and admires Vokkaliga leader HD Deve