Karnataka Assembly Polls 2023 LIVE Updates: The last leg of campaigning for Karnataka Assembly Polls will see bigwigs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (Congress) hoping to turn the tide in their favour. While the Congress is banking on an anti-incumbency wave that has worked since 1985, the ruling BJP hopes PM Narendra Modi's popularity will see them through. A total of 113 seats are needed for a simple majority — a feat BJP has never achieved. The prime minister will be reportedly involved in about 15 public meetings and roadshows over six days, giving the BJP campaign a significant push. In all, there are 2,613 candidates in the fray for the May 10 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections after the last date for withdrawal of nominations on May 1. According to the final list of candidates shared by the Election Commission (EC), 185 women candidates and one from the ‘Others’ category are contesting. While 224 candidates are from the ruling BJP, the Opposition Congress has fielded 223, and the Janata Dal (Secular) has fielded 207 candidates.
mid strong protest from the Sangh Parivar against the Congress manifesto mentioning a ban on Bajrang Dal, senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said there was no suggestion before the party to ban Bajrang Dal if elected to power. Addressing reporters in Udupi, he sai
EC issues notice to Cong leader Priyank Kharge over 'nalayak' remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Congress Wednesday slammed the BJP over its ”double-engine” pitch in the Karnataka polls, saying the May 10 election is to propel the Karnataka engine which got ”derailed” by the BJP in the last four years. The Opposition party also alleged that the people of Karnataka are ”fed up with the BJP ’jhoot’ (lies) engine in Delhi and loot engine in Bengaluru”.
Accusing the Congress and JD(S) of "shortcut" governance, Prime MinisterNarendraModi on Wednesday said that the 21st century youth of the country did not want to leave their future in the hands of such people, and get "cut short".BJPwas trying to get rid of "shortcut" governance, with "SabkaSaath,SabkaVikas", he said. "People ofKarnatakashould be cautious about the shortcut governance of Congress and JD(S).Shortcut governance has led to the birth of vote bank politics in the country. When someone indulges in shortcut politics, he or she thinks about dividing the society likeCongress does," Modi claimed.
Prime MinisterNarendraModi chanted "JaiBajrangBali"during all the three public meetings he addressed in poll-boundKarnatakaon Wednesday, in what is seen as a counter to the Congress, which has promised to ban right-wing outfitBajrangDal in its election manifesto. Along with "Bharat Mata Ki Jai"in praise of 'Mother India', Modi also made a point at the beginning as well as at the end of his speech to raise "JaiBajrangBali"inMulkiinDakshinaKannada district,AnkolainUttaraKannada distinct andBailhongalinBelagavidistrict.
He said Congress and its leaders hate and abuse him because he has crashed their ”corrupt system”. ”In this election, Congress is seeking votes in the name of its leader who is retiring…the other way in which they are seeking votes is by abusing Modi, whoever feels like is abusing,” Modi said.
- "Congress has made "appeasement" its base" he says. People of Karnataka should be careful about "short-cut" governance of Congress and JD(S).Congress cannot make their future, how will they make your future: PM in Bailhongal
Just a week left for Karnataka Assembly polls, people have decided to give a thumping victory to BJP: PM Modi at public rally in Bailhongal.
Citing the BJP's development, he said that under the Congress JD (S) administration, 30,000 crores of foreign investment (FDI) came in annually, but the investment surged to 90,000 crores in three years following the creation of the double-engine government.He also met Tulsi Gowda and Sukri Bommagowda, the Padma Award recipients from Karnataka.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would hold a 36.6 kilometre roadshow here on May 6, Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha member P C Mohan said on Wednesday. The roadshow, as part of the BJP's campaigning for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, would pass through the city's 17 Assembly constituencies, Mohan said. The Prime Minister would cover a distance of 10.1 kilometres from 11 am to 1 pm, and 26.5 km from 4 pm to 10 pm, Mohan said.
In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress General secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday wondered why the "omnipresent and omniscient" leader could not see the "loot" happening in Karnataka by the '40 per cent commission government' of the BJP. Addressing a public rally here in Vijayapura district ahead of Assembly election on May 10, she sought to know why the 'vikas purush' (development man) Narendra Modi still says that he has a dream of developing Karnataka and presents it to the nation as the "development model".
