Bengaluru, March 19 -- Veerabhadrayya Charantimath and Srinivas T Dasakariyappa have been named as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for the upcoming Assembly by-elections in Karnataka.
Charantimath will contest from the Bagalkot Assembly constituency, while Dasakariyappa has been fielded from Davanagere South, as part of the party's list for bypolls scheduled on April 9.
According to available biodata, Dasakariyappa was born on February 1, 1981, in Davanagere and is 45 years old. He resides in S. Nijalingappa Badavane in Davanagere and holds a graduation degree in Information Technology. He is associated with the BJP and has a background as a social worker.
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