bengaluru with an omg tweet at 248am on tuesday 28yearold tejasvi surya broke the news that left not just him but even the state bjp leadership stunnedlate monday night the bjp central leadership picked the fiery youngster with sangh parivar background as its candidate for the key bengaluru south constituency suryas candidature is said to have been mooted by the rss against the lone name of tejaswini ananth kumar proposed by the bjp state unita law graduate with student union background from national college and a degree from bangalore institute of legal studies surya has made an impression on the central leadership with his communication skillswhen asked about the surprise pick state president bs yeddyurappa said we had sent only one name that of tejaswini however the party central leadership took a different view i do not know the reason for this i have given surya the b form and we will work as per the party decisionthe stark divide between the sangh parivar choice and the party leadership in bengaluru south came to the fore on tuesday when surya was accompanied by his uncle and basavangudi mla ravi subramanya chikpet mla uday garudachar along with rajya sabha mp rajeev chandrasekhar senior bjp men considered as influential community leaders in a vokkaligadominated constituency including former deputy cm r ashoka and govindrajnagar mla v somanna and mla satish reddy from bommanahalli stayed away from suryas nomination filing rally earlier in the day surya met tejaswini at her residence while speaking to the media in suryas presence tejaswini categorically said she had always abided by the party diktat but hinted at her being sidelined ananth kumar and i came to bengaluru and built this party when there wasnt even a party office i personally cooked meals for the cadre and even doubled up as a receptionist however i have maintained my stand that nation comes first and this is the time to show maturity i appeal to the cadre to forget the internal differences and work towards building the nation we will campaign for surya she saidtejaswinis statement came amid sloganeering loyalists who chanted ananth kumar amar rahe and we want justice a rattled surya tried to pacify the crowd by raising slogans of bharat mata ki jai but received little reciprocation from the cadrereacting to the developments bjp mlc lehar s singh said the central leadership was confused as a report from local leaders said tejaswini will not be able to win the election since tejasvi surya was groomed by ananth kumar and was a like a family member he was picked