With none from JD(S) first family to contest from Mandya Bengaluru: While independent Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish has been making rounds to Delhi and meeting top BJP national leaders, expressing her intent to contest on a BJP ticket from Mandya, former PM and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda held a meeting with the party’s top…
MLA T.S. Srivatsa launches BJP’s ‘Booth Chalo’
February 11, 2024Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa, spearheading the ‘Booth Chalo’ initiative, aimed at disseminating the programmes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past five years, is seen visiting households and distributing handbills outlining the schemes and initiatives of the PM to residents. The MLA inaugurated the ‘Booth Chalo’ programme across all 266 booths within his Constituency,…
Amidst uncertainty over ticket, MP Sumalatha meets BJP Chief
February 9, 2024Mandya: Amidst the uncertainty over getting BJP ticket for the Mandya Lok Sabha seat after the party entered into an alliance with the JD(S), Mandya independent MP Sumalatha Ambarish met National BJP President J.P. Nadda and the party’s National General Secretary B.L. Santosh in New Delhi on Thursday, which has led to speculation. With the…
Ram Mandir won’t help BJP in LS polls: CM
January 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya will not politically benefit BJP in the forthcoming Lok Sabha (LS) polls, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the issue in fact, will boomerang on that party. Addressing a press meet at his residence in T.K. Layout here this morning, Siddaramaiah contended that Prime Minister Narendra…
Mysuru has 26.99 lakh voters; an increase of 6.13 lakh from 2019
January 23, 2024DC releases final voters’ list; Chamundeshwari highest at 3,41,116, Periyapatna lowest at 1,96,036 Mysore/Mysuru: Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in April-May this year and preparations are on with the voters’ list. As per the revised final electoral rolls released by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra yesterday, the final count of voters…
Lok Sabha poll schedule likely to be announced in March first week
January 20, 2024Bengaluru: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to announce the Lok Sabha (LS) poll schedule in the first week of March, 2024.ECI is expected to conduct polls in 7 or 9 phases to a total of 543 LS Constituencies in the country. On coming to know of the likely announcement of the poll…
Amit Shah to visit Karnataka by month end
January 16, 2024Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit Karnataka this month end to take stock of preparations for the ensuing Lok Sabha (LS) elections. Shah’s visit assumes significance as Karnataka is the only State in the entire South India that has been consistently delivering a significant number of MPs to BJP’s kitty. The…
MP Pratap Simmha seeks blessings of former CM
January 13, 2024Bengaluru: With the Lok Sabha polls just a couple of months away, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simmha met JD(S) MLA and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) at his farmhouse near Bidadi in Bengaluru Rural district on Friday and sought his blessings. The meeting comes just days after former Minister and senior BJP leader V. Somanna…
LS polls: Pushpa Amarnath throws her hat into the ring
January 12, 2024Aspires to contest from Chamarajanagar reserved seat Mysore/Mysuru: State Women’s Congress Chief Dr. B. Pushpa Amarnath has officially thrown her hat into the ring for the party’s ticket in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, vying for the Chamarajanagar reserved Constituency. Addressing reporters at Congress Office in city on Tuesday, Pushpa Amarnath highlighted the Mahila Congress’…
BJP victory in LS polls will change State politics: B.Y. Vijayendra
January 7, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra predicted that unprecedented victory awaits the party in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in the State which would be etched in golden letters and nobody can stop this from happening, with the State political scenario also set to witness a change that nobody would have even imagined. Addressing the…
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