The BJP's decision to pick Tejasvi Surya as its candidate in the high-profile Bangalore South seat in Karnataka for the national election has left in shock a leader who had even started her campaign - Tejaswini Ananth Kumar. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, 53, had been recommended for the seat that her husband, Union Minister Ananth Kumar, held till he died last year. Ananth Kumar was a five-time parliamentarian from the seat.