Mysuru: With Chief Minister Siddharamaiah camping in city to take part in poll campaigning at Chamundeshwari and Varuna Assembly segments since yesterday, supporters of Congress leaders from various districts, who were denied the party ticket for the May 12 elections, staged a demonstration in front of the CM’s Ramakrishnanagar residence here this morning Among the…
Allotment of party ticket: Congress workers vandalise party office in Mandya
April 17, 2018Mandya: A day after the Congress announced its list of candidates for 218 Assembly seats, which also included Mandya, supporters of key aspirant Ravikumar (Ganiga Ravi) vandalised the Mandya District Congress office yesterday opposing the candidature of former Minister and actor M.H. Ambarish for Mandya Assembly segment. More than 30 supporters of Ravikumar, who gathered…
CM to contest from only one seat
April 16, 2018Bengaluru: After nearly a week of hectic parleying, the Congress on Sunday night, announced its candidates for 218 Assembly seats for the May 12 polls. The party also ended much speculation about the Chief Minister contesting in two seats, by fielding CM Siddharamaiah from only Chamundeshwari in Mysuru and KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara from…
B.P. Manjegowda resigns, to contest polls
April 11, 2018Bengaluru: Ignoring the Law Department’s advice, the State Government on Tuesday finally accepted the resignation of Transport Department Officer and State Government Employees Association President B.P. Manjegowda, who is all set to contest on a Congress ticket from Holenarasipur in Hassan District. The Government had held up his resignation from a long time citing probe…
MLA Ambarish summoned to Delhi
April 10, 2018Bengaluru: Even as actor and Mandya MLA M.H. Ambarish is taking his own time to disclose whether he will contest the May. 12 Assembly elections or not, the Congress High Command which seems to be running out of patience has summoned Ambarish to New Delhi in order to finalise the party tickets in Mandya district….
Congress leader alleges deletion of lakhs of minority voters from electoral rolls
April 5, 2018Mysuru: Alleging that the names of over 15 lakh voters belonging to minority community have been deleted from electoral rolls across the State, AICC Secretary and Mysuru Region Congress in-charge P.C. Vishnunath has called upon the party legislators and leaders to take the issue seriously and make efforts to re-include them in the voter list….
Congress finalises list of 75 candidates
March 30, 2018Bengaluru: With the announcement of poll schedule, the KPCC is said to have finalised the list of 75 candidates and sent it to the party high command for approval. The list contains the names of influential leaders and Ministers including CM Siddharamaiah, KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara, Minister D.K. Shivakumar, K.J. George and Dr. H.C….
No role for Kempaiah, political advisors as poll code kicks in
March 29, 2018Bengaluru: The State Government has come under the radar of the Election Commission for allowing a few departments to run on the ‘advice’ of experts. Amid a debate over whether a bunch of political advisers, appointed by the government, can continue to function under the Model Code of Conduct, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of…
Mammoth ‘Janashirvad Yatra’ by Congress
March 26, 2018Mysuru: Accusing the BJP Government at the Centre of failing to fulfil promises, All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi has maintained that the State Congress Government has been functioning as per the ideologies of Basavanna. Addressing the party’s ‘Janashirvad Yatra’ at Maharaja’s College Grounds here yesterday, Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress has…
Congress first list of candidates likely to be announced in April first week
March 26, 2018Bengaluru: Even as the Congress State Election Committee, which is meeting in the State Capital today, is expected to finalise the party’s candidates for at least 110 seats before it is sent to the Central Election Committee in New Delhi, the Congress High Command is most likely to announce its first list of party candidates…
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