Bengaluru: Buoyed by the election results, the Congress camp is witnessing hectic activities. Sources revealed that the High Command is ready with a ‘50:50 formula’ for the post of Chief Minister. According to sources, Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah (Siddu) and KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) are the prominent contenders for the CM’s post. Considering the intense…
Congress plans to take MLAs to TN
May 13, 2023New Delhi: The Congress, within touching distance of victory in Karnataka, started ring-fencing its MLAs as it crossed the halfway mark in leads early today. The Congress triggered the race to power and party sources said the top leaders have planned to take its MLAs to Tamil Nadu (TN) and is in touch with the…
Will politics play out in resorts like in 2018?
May 12, 2023BJP to start ‘Operation’ with High Command’s guidance if it does not win majority: R. Ashoka Bengaluru: With most exit polls throwing up the prospect of a fractured verdict, both Congress and BJP have commenced backroom operations to strike an alliance with JD(S) to form a Government in the event of a hung Assembly. The…
Post-exit polls, Congress hot favourite of punters
May 12, 2023Stakes high on grand-old-party; BJP less favourite, JD(S) next Mysore/Mysuru: With a day left for the counting of votes tomorrow (May 13), punters are busy placing bets with Congress being the hot favourite, especially after majority of exit polls predicted the return of grand-old-party to power in the State, followed by BJP being less favourite…
Ahead of results, politics, predictions dominate talks
May 12, 2023Even women are taking a break from watching their daily soaps on TV Mysore/Mysuru: As the countdown begins for counting of votes tomorrow (May 13), the possible results of recently concluded Assembly elections, has turned to be a hot topic for discussion. The curiosity gains ground with the elections drawing attention for various reasons and…
Karnataka records a historic voter turnout of 72.81 percent
May 11, 2023Mysuru 75.07 percent, Mandya 84.36 percent, Hassan 81.70 percent, Chamarajanagar 81.62 percent, Kodagu 74.74 percent Bengaluru/Mysuru: Karnataka saw a historic voter turnout of 72.81 percent in the Assembly elections held yesterday, the highest in seven decades. The ruling BJP, Congress, and JD(S) are in a tight contest, with the JD(S) hoping to be the king-maker…
Congress workers’ bid to stop Somanna at Varuna triggers tension
May 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed at Karya village in Nanjangud taluk falling under Varuna Assembly Constituency in the district for some time, when Congress workers took objection to BJP candidate V. Somanna inspecting a Polling Booth during the election this morning. Somanna was walking towards the booth in the village, when irate Congress workers restrained him at…
Leaders visit Chamundeshwari Hill Temple on poll eve
May 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With a few hours left for Assembly election tomorrow (May 10), several leaders irrespective of ruling BJP and main Opposition party Congress went on a praying spree, visiting Chamundi Hill Temple in Mysuru this morning. Opposition Leader in Legislative Assembly Siddharamaiah, KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar and former Minister and Congress leader K.J. George visited…
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is bogus: Congress
May 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the BJP is highlighting one of its flagship initiative — Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) — in its poll campaign, KPCC Women’s State Wing Chief Dr. Pushpa Amarnath has termed the Ujjwala LPG gas scheme as a bogus one. Addressing a press meet here on Friday, Dr. Pushpa said that the Ujjwala…
JD(S) MLC appeals people to vote for Congress
May 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: JD(S) MLC Marithibbegowda has appealed the electorate to vote for Congress candidates in the May 10 Assembly polls. Addressing a press meet at Patrakaratara Bhavan here yesterday morning, Marithibbegowda, who has maintained a distance from the JD(S), on which ticket he was elected as the MLC from South Teachers Constituency, appealed the people not…
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