Mysuru: Chamundeshwari constituency that is witnessing a high-voltage political battle between Chief Minister Siddharamaiah of the Congress, who has migrated from Varuna, and incumbent JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda has just got a new contender — BJP candidate Lakshmidevi. So far, it was a battle between Siddharamaiah and G.T. Devegowda and now Lakshmidevi is likely to…
Mysuru: Two days after it released its first list of 218 candidates for the Assembly elections, the Congress yesterday put on hold the distribution of ‘B-Form’ for Badami, rekindling the debate on fielding Chief Minister Siddharamaiah from Badami and Chamundeshwari. With Chamundeshwari likely to be a close contest and with JD(S) going after it full…
Mysuru: Nearly 800 villagers of Marase village in Varuna hobli of Mysuru taluk, which comes under Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s constituency (Siddu had won the Assembly polls from here in 2013 and now his son Dr. Yathindra is contesting the 2018 polls), have decided to boycott the Karnataka Assembly elections on May 12. The villagers, in…
Many eye hat-trick win Many other leaders of the district are eyeing a hat-trick or multiple wins by getting elected in the May 12 Assembly polls. While Minister Tanveer Sait of the Congress is eyeing a record of fifth straight win from N.R. Assembly segment of the city, another Congress MLA H.P. Manjunath is aiming…
Hunsur: Former MP A.H. Vishwanath will file his nomination papers tomorrow (Apr.19) as the JD(S) candidate for Hunsur Assembly constituency. He will offer prayers along with his family at 9 am at the Ganapathi temple and perform a Ganapathi Homa. Later he will arrive at the office of Assistant Commissioner (Assistant Electoral Officer) in a…
Meanwhile, the residents of Vidyashankar Layout in N.R. Constituency limits have threatened to boycott the upcoming Assembly elections on May 12. There are about 350 families living in the area and they have been deprived of basic facilities including electricity. The President of the Vidyashankar Layout Welfare Committee, Narayan said the layout comes under Ward…
Mysuru: The Chamundeshwari constituency, where Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and JD(S) leader G.T. Devegowda are fighting a battle of ego, survival and prestige, has the highest number of voters in the Mysuru Division. In Karnataka, Chamundeshwari Constituency comes in the 13th position when the total voters are taken into consideration. Bengaluru South Constituency, with 5.81 lakh…
Mysuru: Confusion prevailed for sometime during Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s road show at Tagadur in Varuna Constituency after the Police took a youth said to be the follower of former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad into preventive custody. The youth is identified as Prajwal Shashi of Jai Bheem Nagar. Prajwal was standing along with few of his…
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…
Bengaluru: The BJP Central Committee on Monday released its second list of 82 candidates for May 12 Assembly Polls. The BJP had announced 72 candidates, including a majority of sitting MLAs and Ministers from other parties in its first list announced on Apr.8. In the second list, the party has accommodated Sanna Fakirappa, kin of…
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