Eranna Bhimappa Kadadi and Ashok Jasti - one Lingayat and one from the OBC - were named as the BJP's candidates for the upper house leaving the state unit stunned
Elections for 18 of these 24 seats were deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The BJP is yet to announce its candidates for the remaining two assembly seats where bypolls will be held in December
The former prime minister said JD(S) would contest the bypolls to fill 15 vacancies in Karnataka Assembly alone and 'certainly maintain equidistance' from the Congress and the BJP
Since the much-hyped pre-poll alliance between the SP and BSP failed to click at the elections, Mayawati is now compelled to play all her cards
The dissidents stayed put in a hotel in Mumbai
The state government on the brink; BJP, which has a majority in the House, says it was not involved in the resignations
JD(S) workers and local leaders have apparently asked the leadership to contest all 28 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 general elections alone