Mysuru: This May 12 Assembly elections saw a keen competition between S.A. Ramdas of BJP, M.K. Somashekar of the Congress and K.V. Mallesh of JD(S) with Ramdas finally emerging victorious in Krishnaraja Constituency. It was a keenly fought election and even for the BJP ticket and its severity could be gauged from the fact that…
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivaraj Singh Chouhan campaigns for Ramdas
May 10, 2018Mysuru: On the last day of public campaigning for the May 12 Assembly polls, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hit the streets of the city to campaign for K.R. Constituency BJP candidate S.A. Ramdas this morning. Chauhan who commenced Road Show from Bhootale pitch in Vidyaranyapuram, campaigned along with S.A. Ramdas in various…
Last minute canvassing to woo voters: K.V. Mallesh seeks votes in Ashokapuram
May 9, 2018JD(S) candidate from Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency and Corporator K.V. Mallesh, undertook door-to-door campaigning yesterday, sought votes from the residents.
Double EVMs to be used in Krishnaraja and Varuna
April 29, 2018Mysuru: A large number of independent candidates contesting the May 12 Assembly election has forced the Election Commission to use more than one Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in booths. The Commission has to use double EVMs as they cannot deny a candidate his democratic right to contest and his/ her name, photograph and poll symbol…
M.K. Somashekar declares Rs.7.50 crore assetes
April 24, 2018Mysuru: K.R. Constituency Congress MLA and party candidate M.K. Somashekar has declared his assets as worth Rs.7.50 crore. Somashekar, in his asset declaration in nomination papers filed yesterday, has said that his wife L. Kusuma and daughters M.S. Meghana and M.S. Pranusha as dependents. Somashekar has said that he has movable properties worth Rs.34,35,433 and…
Ramdas, Abdul file papers
April 21, 2018Mysuru: A day after Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and MLA G.T. Devegowda filed their nominations for the high-profile Chamundeshwari constituency amidst much fanfare, today it was the turn of former Minister S.A. Ramdas of BJP and Abdul Azeez (Abdulla) of JD-S to file their papers from Krishnaraja (KR) and Narasimharaja (NR) constituencies respectively amidst a festive…
H.V. Rajeev to contest as independent
April 21, 2018Mysuru: With the party denying him the ticket to contest from Krishnaraja Constituency, BJP leader and District Co-operative Union President H.V. Rajeev had convened a meeting of his supporters at Nityananda Convention Hall here this morning to get their opinion. While most of the speakers urged Rajeev to contest either as an independent candidate or…
BJP blitzkrieg on Chamundeshwari Constituency
April 18, 2018Mysuru: 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…
Former MLC against BJP ticket for S.A. Ramdas
April 11, 2018Mysuru: Former MLC G. Madhusudan has appealed to State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa not to give the BJP ticket to former Minister S.A. Ramdas who is a keen aspirant from K.R. Constituency for State Assembly Election. Addressing a press meet at Patrakartara Bhavan here this morning, Madhusudan said that Ramdas is tainted being involved in…
Karnataka Assembly Polls – 2018: Will S.R. Mahesh score a hat-trick in K.R. Nagar?
April 6, 2018Mysuru: As Mandya is called the ‘Sugar Bowl’ of Karnataka, K.R. Nagar or Krishnarajanagar is the ‘Paddy Bowl’ of Karnataka. Little after June every year, one can find a vast expanse of lush green paddy fields after the sowing season. A majority of people in K.R. Nagar depend on agriculture for livelihood and the rest…
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