Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar (centre) with NCP leaders Praful Patel and Chhagan Bhujbal addressing the media. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI NCP moves disqualification petition against Ajit Pawar, 8 others The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said that they have submitted a disqualification petition to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar against the nine MLAs who were … Read more
BJP workers decorating Ballari city with part flags on Friday ahead of party’s Scheduled Tribes conference to be held on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SRIDHAR KAVALI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost deposits in 31 constituencies — 13.8% of the seats the party contested — in the recently concluded Karnataka Assembly elections. Notably, the party … Read more
MLC Marithibbe Gowda addressing a press conference in Mysuru. | Photo Credit: M A Sriram Janata Dal (Secular) MLC Marithibbe Gowda has called for supporting the Congress in the Karnataka Assembly elections on the ground that a decisive verdict will help in the formation of a stable government. Mr. Marithibbe Gowda had rebelled against his … Read more
Goni Malatesh, Congress candidate Shikaripur constituency in Shivamogga district is witnessing a generational shift in the current elections. Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, 80, who began his career as an MLA in 1983, contested for the Assembly constituency nine times and won eight times, has retired from electoral politics. However, the party is highly dependent … Read more
JD(S) leader Kumaraswamy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Karnataka Assembly elections this time around were, according to rhetoric, supposed to be transformative. These polls were to make the BJP go beyond the Lingayat vote, the Congress beyond the Vokkaliga and Ahinda base and the Janata Dal (S) beyond its pocketbrorough of … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit Kudala Sangama on the occasion of Basava Jayanthi today. | Photo Credit: The Hindu 1. Kannada Sahitya Parishat is organising a seminar on “Next government and rights of Kannadigas”. Dr. Baraguru Ramachandrappa, Dr. Padmaraja Dhandavathe, Belaguru Samiulla and Dr. Hemalatha Mahishi will participate. The event will be held at … Read more
BJP supporters at a roadshow in support of party candidate for Hebbal constituency Katta Jagadish before filing of his nomination papers in Bengaluru on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI A total of 3,632 candidates filed nominations for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections, as per data from the Election Commission till Thursday, the last day … Read more
Hassan MLA Preetham Gowda in March conducted Astha Lakshmi pooja ceremonies in more than 30 localities. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Unlike in previous elections, most of the MLAs seeking re-election and fresh ticket aspirants began distributing gifts to voters long before the Karnataka Assembly election was even announced last month. There was a wide variety of gifts distributed. In Hassan, … Read more
The focus is shifting to Delhi in the ruling BJP as the party’s Parliamentary Board that is meeting in New Delhi on April 8 is expected to clear the first list of candidates for the Karnataka Assembly elections. The lobbying for tickets has intensified as Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai too is expected to visit Delhi … Read more
The former Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy addressing the media in Bengaluru on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN With just a few months left for the Assembly elections in Karnataka, the launch of a new party by the former Minister G. Janardhana Reddy on Sunday — Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha — is lending itself to … Read more