BJP in search of Sriramulus alternative

BANGALORE: Even as uncertainty over whether or not former minister B Sriramulu will contest on a BJP ticket is continuing, the BJP election committee will be meeting on Wednesday morning to decide its candidate for Bellary bypoll to be held on November 30. The party had given Sriramulu time till Wednesday morning to make his stand clear. Also, the party has started the process of identifying an alternate candidate in the event Sriramulu rejects a party ticket.    Names of Nettakallappa, former Bellary ZP president and K V Nagendra are doing rounds.