Thousands of women from hinterlands push up voter turnout to a surprise 80.23% !!! Mandya: The first phase of polling in 14 Constituencies of Karnataka went off peacefully and yet again, Mandya was the most-watched contest and in the test of democracy, the Constituency passed with flying colours. True to its top billing, Mandya, where…
Mandya records 80.23% voting by 8 pm
April 18, 2019Mandya: Barring minor incidents of poll clash in few pockets, brisk and peaceful polling was reported in all the 2,046 polling booths in the high-voltage Mandya constituency due to the contest of high-profile candidates, from this morning. The constituency, which has eight Assembly segments, recorded 80.23 percent of voting by 8 pm. According to Assembly…
Cash distribution rumours dominate Mandya
April 17, 2019Mandya: Rumours about distribution of cash by JD(S) workers to woo the voters, by making them swear (aane pramana) in the name of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara after distributing money to them and circulation of fake photos of flight tickets booked by independent candidate Sumalatha to Singapore in social media dominated the high-voltage Mandya Constituency on…
MANDYA POLL ANALYSIS: Nail-biting climax on cards in Sugar Bowl
April 16, 2019Mandya: Mandya Lok Sabha Constituency in Karnataka, known as the sugar bowl of the State, is witnessing a high-voltage poll battle between the JD(S)-Congress coalition candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy and independent candidate Sumalatha Ambarish. With young cinema actor Nikhil (son of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy) contesting as JD(S) candidate and senior actress Sumalatha (wife of late…
Mysuru LS seat is a Congress bastion
April 16, 2019Mysuru: Asserting that the coalition candidates will win more than 20 out of the 28 LS seats in the State, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader and former CM Siddharamaiah has said, Congress-JD(S) entered into a Poll pact in order to defeat BJP. Speaking at an interaction meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here organised by Mysuru District…
‘Support ingenious coalition candidate Vijayashankar’: KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao to Brahmin community
April 16, 2019Mysuru: Though Mysuru-Kodgau LS constituency Congress-JD(S) coalition candidate C.H. Vijayashankar is not a Brahmin, he is a Brahmin because of his qualities. Everyone should support an ingenious personality like him in this election, said Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundu Rao. He was addressing the meeting of Brahmins at a private hotel in…
MYSURU-KODAGU POLL ANALYSIS: Hardliner Pratap Simha holds the ace against Vijayashankar
April 15, 2019Mysuru: In the home turf of Mysuru Lok Sabha segment, Congress strongman Siddharamaiah is facing an acid test on the lines of neighbouring Mandya where Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is waging a high-stake battle in favour of his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is pitted against actress Sumalatha Ambarish. The election fever is turning hotter in…
Coalition Government won’t last beyond LS polls: BSY
April 15, 2019Mysuru: State BJP President and former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) has said that the JD(S)-Congress Coalition Government will not last beyond the Lok Sabha polls. Speaking at a meeting of Party Pramukhs (leaders) organised by the city unit of the BJP at Aradhya Mahasabha in Chamundipuram here on Sunday, Yeddyurappa said he was thrilled on…
“Say Nikhil is in our hearts!”: CM Kumaraswamy’s counter to Nikhil yellidyappa… troll
April 15, 2019Mandya: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy held a whirlwind campaign for his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy in K.R. Nagar taluk of Mandya Lok Sabha Constituency yesterday. Expressing his ire against the troll ‘Nikhil yellidyappa…’ that has gone viral on the social media, he countered it by asking his party workers to shoot back telling ‘Nikhil namma hrudayadalliddane…’…
Chamarajanagar LS Constituency to witness straight fight between Prasad & Dhruvanarayan
April 15, 2019Chamarajanagar: For various reasons, Chamarajanagar Reserved Lok Sabha constituency has been labelled as a high voltage constituency. Though ten candidates are in the fray now for the LS polls, it is obviously declared as a straight fight between former Union Minister and BJP candidate V. Sreenivasa Prasad and sitting MP and Congress candidate R. Dhruvanarayan….
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