Political moves

Members of Parliament Shivakumar Udasi and B Y Raghavendra, son of former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, have been suspended from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for helping the former chief minister in his campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections. Senior leaders of the BJP said Raghavendra and Udasi were not only campaigning for Yeddyurappa, but also asking BJP supporters to work for his Karnataka Janata Party (KJP). The Karnataka unit of the BJP was trying to get both of them suspended for several months, but BJP leaders finally decided to act just a month before the Assembly elections, which is due on May 5.