Mysuru: Today being the third day of filing the nomination papers to the 2018 Assembly polls, candidates from Congress, JD(S), AAP, SDPI and Bharatiya Janashakti Congress filed their papers with the respective Returning Officers (ROs) in city this morning. Vasu, the incumbent Congress MLA from Chamaraja, submitted his papers to the RO at his office…
Bengaluru: Convinced that the May 12 election cannot be won with the strategies formulated by the State BJP leadership, party National President and master strategist Amit Shah has entrusted the responsibility of poll management to his trusted lieutenants from North India who have tasted success in other States including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Shah’s focus…
Mysuru: Voting is not a right it is our responsibility too. And as it is the election season, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is creating awareness among the voters about the importance of voting. The effort of the ECI in this direction is welcome. But should there not be polling booths for the voters…
Mysuru: General Secretary of City BJP Mahila Morcha Lakshmidevi and loyal party worker Lakshmi Gowda of the BJP are competing for a BJP ticket from Chamundeshwari. The Chamundeshwari constituency is witnessing a high-voltage political battle between Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and incumbent JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda. As soon as Star of Mysore broke the news yesterday…
Mysuru: Chamundeshwari constituency that is witnessing a high-voltage political battle between Chief Minister Siddharamaiah of the Congress, who has migrated from Varuna, and incumbent JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda has just got a new contender — BJP candidate Lakshmidevi. So far, it was a battle between Siddharamaiah and G.T. Devegowda and now Lakshmidevi is likely to…
Mysuru: Two days after it released its first list of 218 candidates for the Assembly elections, the Congress yesterday put on hold the distribution of ‘B-Form’ for Badami, rekindling the debate on fielding Chief Minister Siddharamaiah from Badami and Chamundeshwari. With Chamundeshwari likely to be a close contest and with JD(S) going after it full…
Mysuru: Nearly 800 villagers of Marase village in Varuna hobli of Mysuru taluk, which comes under Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s constituency (Siddu had won the Assembly polls from here in 2013 and now his son Dr. Yathindra is contesting the 2018 polls), have decided to boycott the Karnataka Assembly elections on May 12. The villagers, in…
Many eye hat-trick win Many other leaders of the district are eyeing a hat-trick or multiple wins by getting elected in the May 12 Assembly polls. While Minister Tanveer Sait of the Congress is eyeing a record of fifth straight win from N.R. Assembly segment of the city, another Congress MLA H.P. Manjunath is aiming…
Meanwhile, the residents of Vidyashankar Layout in N.R. Constituency limits have threatened to boycott the upcoming Assembly elections on May 12. There are about 350 families living in the area and they have been deprived of basic facilities including electricity. The President of the Vidyashankar Layout Welfare Committee, Narayan said the layout comes under Ward…
Mysuru: The Chamundeshwari constituency, where Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and JD(S) leader G.T. Devegowda are fighting a battle of ego, survival and prestige, has the highest number of voters in the Mysuru Division. In Karnataka, Chamundeshwari Constituency comes in the 13th position when the total voters are taken into consideration. Bengaluru South Constituency, with 5.81 lakh…
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