Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Oct 31: Of late there is a perception in coastal Karnataka that BJP is considering the prospects of fielding a religious leader from coastal districts in the coming assembly election. The party appears to be taking a leaf out of Yogi Adiyanath's popularity in Uttar Pradesh as chief minister. The Swamiji of the party's choice is said to be Vajradehi Math Swamiji.

At the same time, Rajashekarananda Swamiji of Vajradehi Math is not averse to the idea. He said he is ready to serve political sector. Sources say that already a few senior party leaders have met him and asked him to contest from one of the constituencies in coastal districts.

Rajashekarananda Swamiji - file photo

It is said that during a recent survey got done by BJP to identify candidates with winning prospects through a private agency, the name of Vajradehi Swamiji had cropped up. Perhaps based on this survey, party leaders had met him.

Reacting to the development, the Swamiji said that he is ready to contest from any of the constituencies, as the devotees of the Math want him to enter politics. He said he is ready to work for Hindutva from anywhere and he will accept the constituency allotted by the party. He felt that politics might help him to further improve the services of the people he now has been rendering.