No early polls in State, asserts Siddharamaiah

Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday categorically said that the Assembly Polls will be held in April-May 2018 as scheduled.

Addressing the newly-appointed Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office-bearers here, the Chief Minister alleged that the Opposition BJP was trying to spread rumours about early elections.

Asking party-men not to pay heed to rumours of early polls, Siddharamaiah said that elections will be held as per schedule and there should not be any confusion about this.

Maintaining that the Congress will face the elections with development track record achieved in the last four years, the CM challenged the BJP to come out for a public debate on the achievements of the State and Union Governments. The CM felicitated the new office- bearers.

This post was published on July 22, 2017 6:38 pm