Mandya: Barring minor incidents of poll clash in few pockets, brisk and peaceful polling was reported in all the 2,046 polling booths in the high-voltage Mandya constituency due to the contest of high-profile candidates, from this morning. The constituency, which has eight Assembly segments, recorded 80.23 percent of voting by 8 pm. According to Assembly…
Cash distribution rumours dominate Mandya
April 17, 2019Mandya: Rumours about distribution of cash by JD(S) workers to woo the voters, by making them swear (aane pramana) in the name of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara after distributing money to them and circulation of fake photos of flight tickets booked by independent candidate Sumalatha to Singapore in social media dominated the high-voltage Mandya Constituency on…
MANDYA POLL ANALYSIS: Nail-biting climax on cards in Sugar Bowl
April 16, 2019Mandya: Mandya Lok Sabha Constituency in Karnataka, known as the sugar bowl of the State, is witnessing a high-voltage poll battle between the JD(S)-Congress coalition candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy and independent candidate Sumalatha Ambarish. With young cinema actor Nikhil (son of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy) contesting as JD(S) candidate and senior actress Sumalatha (wife of late…
Non-BJP Government to come to power at Centre
April 16, 2019Pandavapura: This is one of the most important Lok Sabha elections that the country has faced and it is definite that a non-BJP Government is going to come up at the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sure to return to Gujarat, said Andhra Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party supremo Chandrababu Naidu. He…
High-pitched campaigning in Mandya: HDK, Sumalatha hold mega rallies
April 16, 2019HDK, Sumalatha hold mega rallies Mandya: Political parties, their candidates, supporters, elected representatives, star campaigners including film personalities made their last attempt to woo the voters in the high-pitched Mandya Lok Sabha Constituency on the last day of public campaigning which will come to an end this evening. Mandya has garnered the attention of media…
“Say Nikhil is in our hearts!”: CM Kumaraswamy’s counter to Nikhil yellidyappa… troll
April 15, 2019Mandya: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy held a whirlwind campaign for his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy in K.R. Nagar taluk of Mandya Lok Sabha Constituency yesterday. Expressing his ire against the troll ‘Nikhil yellidyappa…’ that has gone viral on the social media, he countered it by asking his party workers to shoot back telling ‘Nikhil namma hrudayadalliddane…’…
Andhra CM to pitch for Nikhil in Mandya today
April 15, 2019Mandya: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu will campaign in Mandya Lok Sabha segment this evening from where Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, is contesting. Nikhil is facing a tough fight from actor Sumalatha, the wife of late actor and former MinisterAmbarish. Sources told Star of Mysore that Naidu will campaign…
JD(S) spending Rs.150 crore in Mandya, claims audio clip
April 14, 2019Mandya: Two audio clips, purported mobile phone conversations between sitting Mandya MP L.R. Shivaramegowda’s son Chethan Gowda and P. Ramesh, former JD(S) worker and a contractor, was leaked to the media yesterday where it was claimed that JD(S) would spend Rs.150 crore to lure voters. Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, is the…
FIR lodged against Sumalatha Ambarish and Nikhil for Poll Code violation
April 11, 2019Mandya: The Police on Wednesday registered FIRs against JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambarish for Poll Code violations. The Bellur Police have lodged an FIR against Nikhil and his associate Kanaghatta Srinivas for hosting lunch for party workers at a coconut farm near Bellur in Nagamangala taluk without taking the EC’s permission….
Six injured in political clash at Mandya
April 9, 2019Bharathinagar: With election campaign reaching a boiling point ahead of Lok Sabha polls scheduled on Apr.18 for Mandya Lok Sabha constituency, as many as six persons were injured when the clash occurred between Janata Dal (Secular) workers and supporters of Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambarish over trivial issue of conducting campaign for their party candidates at…
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