Every year on the 25th of January, the Election Commission of India (ECI) releases advertisements asking voters to take a pledge which is to be an honest voter. That elaborate pledge seems redundant as I watch the caste and cash politics being played out before us. This year, the Election Commission has stated that there…
Old Mysuru region turns a battleground for BJP, Congress, JD(S) Mysore/Mysuru: In their last-ditch effort to sway the voters, the star campaigners of the BJP, Congress and JD(S) are holding a series of public rallies and road shows across the old Mysuru region and also in Kodagu and Bengaluru, to wrest power in Karnataka. With…
Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) took out a road show in Chamaraja and Krishnaraja (KR) Constituencies last evening, seeking support for K. Harish Gowda and M.K. Somashekar. Accompanied by the candidates, Shivakumar boarded the open vehicle after arriving in Mysuru in a vehicle that was designed for the Congress party’s…
Actress Ramya adds glamour to Mandya rally Mandya: Pooh-poohing the claims of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that it is a ‘Double engine Government,’ top Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra termed the BJP as a ‘Double loot Government’ as it has looted the people of the State. Addressing a Congress poll rally at Government Women’s College…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) had a miraculous escape after the glass of his chopper broke due to a bird-hit yesterday afternoon. An eagle hit the Congress leader’s helicopter, following which the chopper made an emergency landing at the helipad in HAL. The incident took place when Shivakumar was on…
Belagavi: In yet another guarantee of the Congress party for the people, senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday announced that the Congress would hike the wages of Anganwadi workers if the party was voted to power in the State. Addressing a Congress poll rally at Khanapur in Belagavi district on Sunday, Priyanka Gandhi said…
Madikeri: Miffed over being sidelined by the party, veteran leader and former Minister B.A. Jeevijaya quit the Congress on Tuesday. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Jeevijaya, who hit national headlines when he defeated the then Congress Chief Minister R. Gundurao from Somwarpet Assembly segment in the Jan. 1983 Assembly polls, said that…
Bengaluru: With the May10 Assembly polls just a week away, the Congress on Tuesday expelled 24 party leaders including three former MLAs from the primary membership of the party for 6 years, for having revolted against the party and contesting the polls as rebel candidates. Those expelled are: former MLAs Ramakrishna Doddamani (Shirahatti), B.B. Ramaswamy…
Chamundeshwari Congress candidate Mavinahalli S. Siddegowda held a road show at Doddahundi, Kerehundi, D. Salundi and Dhanagalli villages and sought votes. He was accompanied by former ZP President K. Marigowda, leaders Beerihundi Basavanna, Javarappa, C.M. Siddaramegowda, Kenchappa, Basavaraju, Krishnakumar Sagar and others.
The residents of Ramabainagar accorded a warm welcome to Chamundeshwari BJP candidate V. Kaveesh Gowda during his brisk poll campaign and assured him that they would strive for his victory in the Assembly election on May 10. MLA L. Nagendra, BJP candidate for Chamaraja segment, seeking votes from residents during door-to-door canvassing in Devaraja Mohalla…
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