new delhi karnataka bjp strongman and former chief minister bs yediyurappa on friday said he is vacating his shikaripura constituency and will not contest in the next election he added that his son and partys state vicepresident by vijayendra will be contesting the 2023 assembly polls from shikaripurathis announcement is seen as the veteran leader ending his innings in electoral politics0212wont fight elections former karnataka cm bs yediyurappai am giving up my assembly constituency for my son by vijayendra i request the voters of shikaripura to make sure that he wins with a huge margin i will not contest the next election yediyurappa said adding i pray to the people of shikaripura with folded hands to make him victorious with a margin bigger than minesome legislators have even been advocating a gujaratlike overhaul of the karnataka cabinet soon to make way for new faces ahead of the assembly elections in this regard b y vijayendra has been denied an mlc ticket by the central leadership in late may at the time of biennial electionsto a question on the demand from followers for vijayendra to contest from old mysuru region he said there is a lot of pressure for him to contest from there but as i am vacating the seat and will not be contesting so vijayendra will be contesting from shikaripura vijayendra was appointed as the party vp in july 2020 before that he was appointed as bjp youth wing general secretary soon after he was denied a party ticket to contest from varuna constituency in mysuru ahead of the may 2018 assembly polls his stakes increased in the party as he was credited by many to have played a key role for bjps first ever victory in k r pet and sira assembly segments during the bypolls held in 2019 and 2020 respectively with inputs from pti