Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was accompanied by Vijayanagar MLA M Krishnappa, who is seeking re-election from the segment, and his son Priya Krishna, the Congress candidate in the neighbouring Govindarajanagar constituency.
The result will reflect the BJP’s ability to retain its foothold in the Lingayat belt in the parliamentary polls after the exodus of prominent leaders
The former party chief stopped for a cup of coffee at a 'Cafe Coffee Day' outlet on Cunningham Road. At a close-by Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus stop, he spoke to a bunch of college students and working women.
Karnataka Elections 2023: Channapatna in Ramanagara district is witnessing a high-stake battle between JD(S) leader and two-time Chief Minister H D Kumaraswmy and BJP's C P Yogeshwara. Both belong to the dominant Vokkaliga community in the region.
Karnataka Elections 2023: Campaigning gets over today in what has been a hard fought election where no side could earn a decisive advantage over the other. Will BJP’s tactic of relying on its central leadership or Congress’s dependence on its state leadership make the difference?
Addressing a campaign meeting for his party's Mangaluru North candidate Mohiuddin Bava at Krishnapura near here Sunday evening, he also charged that the Congress was welcoming hardcore Hindu leaders into the party and accusing JD(S) of having an understanding with the BJP.
Hours after the report, the Election Commission clarified that it had been taken for 'deliberation', but not finalised for piloting.
The Opposition’s addiction to revdis is bad for the nation’s economic and political health
Karnataka Election 2023 Highlights: The Election Commission on Monday asked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to clarify and rectify the party's social media post on Karnataka's sovereignty remark attributed to Sonia Gandhi. The EC letter to Kharge came following a complaint by the Bharatiya Janata Party regarding a tweet that appeared on the official Twitter handle of the Indian National Congress on May 6.
Eknath Shinde will be in the state on Monday and participate in two BJP roadshows at Kapu and Udupi town, party sources said.
The top guns of all the major political parties were on a campaign blitz across the state in the past few days, even as the ruling BJP has been striving to break the 38-year-old pattern of alternating governments and retain its southern citadel.
Speaking to reporters in pilgrim town Pandharpur, about 350 km from Mumbai, the 82-year-old politician said that in the current situation, the BJP is in power in 'five to six' states, while the rest have non-BJP governments.
Accusing former deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa of corruption, Baghel said, "Since Eshwarappa ji was caught and the matter became public. People have decided that this is a 40 per cent commission government and they have to remove it.... This is public money that the BJP is stealing...."
Addressing reporters here, Sarma said the manifesto is a document of appeasement politics. The party had always followed the policy of appeasement and the previous Siddaramaiah government in the State had withdrawn several cases registered against activists of the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI).
With campaigning for the high-voltage elections set to wind up on Monday, Kejriwal has been missing from electioneering for the AAP that is contesting in 209 seats in Karnataka this time. He had visited the state on March 4 to launch the party's election campaign in the state from Davangere.
The opposition party gave full-page advertisements in leading dailies listing the rise in prices of essential commodities such as cooking gas, petrol, diesel, rice milk and cooking oil.
The top guns of all the major political parties were on a campaign blitz across the state in the past few days
On reports of former chief minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakaumar attempting to outdo each other for the post of CM, Chidambaram said both are senior and responsible leaders of the Congress.
The PM was accompanied in the specially-designed vehicle by Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who is a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka, and Bengaluru Central MP, P C Mohan.
My appeal to all of you is that whatever other policies you may have for Karnataka, saving 'Kannada Nadu's Soil' should be your fundamental mission, the founder of Isha Foundation said.
Karnataka Polls 2023: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged ambulances were stuck on roads due to the chaos caused by the roadshow, and said PM Modi should cancel the second part of the roadshow slated for Sunday.
Karnataka elections: The PM also said people across communities in Karnataka are angry about Congress' "abuses and lies" during the poll campaign, and would respond to it during voting on May 10.
Karnataka elections: Adityanatha said the Congress has always been trying to put hurdles on the path of progress.
Making her maiden entry into the 2023 Karnataka Assembly poll battle, Sonia also said the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by her son Rahul Gandhi was against those spreading hatred.
The Karnataka Congress chief lashed out at the BJP for raising issues such as the Uniform Civil Code and the National Register of Citizens in its manifesto for the assembly polls, saying it shows their "bankruptcy" of ideas and vision for the state.