BJP announced its candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka and for the state Legislative Council. The party has nominated Dr M Nagaraja to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka. For the Karnataka MLC polls, BJP has fielded Lingaraj Patil and Raghu Kautilya. Meanwhile, JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda, whose term will end on 25 June, has been denied re-entry.