Mysore/Mysuru: This election in Karnataka, the Election Commission is all set to adopt a measure to enable people above 80 years and individuals with disabilities to Vote-from-Home. This initiative aims to empower around 12.15 lakh elderly voters and 5.55 lakh persons with disabilities who may face difficulties in reaching polling stations. In the first-of-its-kind move,…
Fear of defeat haunting Siddharamaiah in Varuna
April 20, 2023Rajya Sabha Member Sudhanshu Trivedi accuses former CM of practising divisive politics Mysore/Mysuru: Rajya Sabha Member and National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sudhanshu Trivedi has dismissed the allegations against BJP made by former CM and Varuna Congress candidate Siddharamaiah and said that fear of defeat is haunting Siddharamaiah and he is making…
47 candidates file nomination papers in district on Apr. 19
April 20, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 47 candidates filed their nomination papers for 11 Assembly segments of the district yesterday (Apr. 19) for the May 10 polls. While former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah filed his nomination in Nanjangud as Congress candidate from high stakes Varuna Assembly seat, sitting MLA Tanveer Sait filed his nomination as Congress candidate from…
Did anyone guess Rahul Gandhi’s rout in Amethi?
April 20, 2023BJP National Spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi tells Star of Mysore that politics is unpredictable By B. Sreekantswamy The upcoming election has prompted the BJP to adopt a range of strategies in its bid to retain power. This election differs from previous ones that the BJP has nominated more than 50 new faces including individuals from a…
Campaign vehicles get a designer makeover
April 20, 2023By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Modified vehicles decked with party symbols and campaign livery slowly cruising through roads and remote by-lanes of a Constituency blaring out political messages for long has been an inevitable tool for any candidate to reach out to voters. Though the style of campaigning has not changed much over the years, the…
Former CM Siddharamaiah goes on temple run before filing nomination
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Former Chief Minister and Varuna Constituency Congress candidate Siddharamaiah undertook a temple run this morning, before filing his nomination papers from Varuna Constituency at Nanjangud later this afternoon. Siddharamaiah, who arrived at his native village Siddaramanahundi from his Ramakrishnanagar residence in the city, was given a tumultuous welcome by the villagers. He later offered…
Sudeep adds ‘star power’ to CM Bommai’s road show
April 19, 2023Bengaluru (Agencies): Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai took out a mega road show, with BJP National President J.P. Nadda and Sandalwood actor Sudeep, at his Constituency Shiggaon in Haveri this morning. Bommai, who filed his second set of nomination at the Tahsildar’s Office, took out a road show after garlanding the statue of Kittur Rani at…
Santosh will make Somanna a scapegoat: Siddharamaiah
April 19, 2023If Sonia Gandhi can contest in Bellary, Indira Gandhi from Chikkamagalur, Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad, why not Somanna from Varuna: Pratap Simha Mysore/Mysuru: Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, Siddharamaiah, who is the Congress candidate for Varuna, has alleged that V. Somanna, who is contesting as the Varuna BJP candidate at the behest of…
Krishnaraja Assembly Constituency: Ramdas won’t quit BJP, will seek votes for party nominee
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: S.A. Ramdas, the BJP MLA of Krishnaraja Assembly Constituency, who had been sulking over not getting the ticket to contest the coming election on May 10, has decided to remain as a common worker of the party. Addressing media persons at his office in Vidyaranyapuram in city last evening, Ramdas said: “It is important…
Harish Gowda, Tanveer Sait of Congress file papers
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The nomination-spree continued on the fifth day today, with many candidates representing different parties and independent contestants filing their nomination papers across the district. The deadline for filing of nomination papers is Apr. 20. As the last day (Thursday) is considered as inauspicious due to Amavasya (New Moon Day) coupled with solar eclipse, candidates…
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