Mysore/Mysuru, March 14 -- * Yaduveer thanks Modi, Nadda; also thanks Yediyurappa, B.L. Santosh

* Congratulates Prathap Simha for completing successful two terms

The BJP's selection of candidates for the Lok Sabha (LS) polls in Karnataka released last evening includes notable replacements, one of which is the allocation of the Mysuru-Kodagu ticket to Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the scion of the erstwhile Mysore royal family.

Speculations about Yaduveer's candidacy had been circulating for some time and the BJP's official list has now confirmed it.

Aged 32, Yaduveer is the adopted son of Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, the wife of his uncle Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar.

Yaduveer's biological parents are Swarup Anand Gopal Ra...