The youngest candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party,
28-year-old lawyer and vice-president of the Karnataka BJP Yuva Morcha Tejasvi
Surya, has emerged as the centre of the party and Opposition's attention.
Known for his hyperbole on social media and amplified cries
of nationalism, Tejasvi has also been quite a sensation since the BJP named him
the candidate for its prestigious Bengaluru South Lok Sabha seat, a seat that
was widely expected to go to Tejaswini Ananthkumar, the widow of Union minister
Ananth Kumar who died in November last year.
Tejasvi will contest against Congress' BK Hariprasad in
Bangalore South. He is the nephew of BJP lawmaker Ravi Subramanya. If Tejasvi
wins, he would be the youngest MP from the BJP camp. With a young face, the BJP
could be hoping to secure youth support for the upcoming polls.
However, Tejasvi will not be India's youngest MP. In 2014,
great-grandson of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal, and grandson and son
of jailed leaders Om Prakash Chautala and Ajay Chautala, Dushyant Chautala of
Indian National Lok Dal became the youngest person to become an MP in India.
Now 30, Chautala was just 26-years-old when he won the prestigious seat from
Hisar after defeating sitting MP Kuldeep Singh Bishnoi, of Haryana Janhit
Congress.
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