Mysore/Mysuru, Jan. 9 -- City BJP leader M.K. Premkumar has challenged former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha to explain why he was denied the BJP ticket in the 2024 Lok Sabha (LS) elections and to disclose who had allegedly promised him a party ticket for the 2028 Assembly polls.

Addressing a press meet yesterday, Premkumar said the BJP High Command had effectively kept Prathap Simha out of national politics by denying him a ticket in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

"Simha is claiming everywhere that he was denied the LS ticket because the BJP leadership wants him in State politics. However, neither the Party High Command nor senior leaders have made any such statement. Simha is openly declaring himself as the party's candidate from the C...