Standing on top of a specially designed vehicle, Gandhi constantly waved at the people gathered in the streets and on nearby buildings, many of whom were seen chanting 'Rahul, Rahul' slogans and shouting loud cheers.
Karnataka elections: The minister also expressed confidence that the rebellion of some key BJP leaders in Karnataka will not come in the way of the incumbent party winning its first-ever majority in the coming assembly polls.
2023 Karnataka Polls: Sapra alleged that the BJP government had failed to fulfil all its promises, especially in the energy sector, during the last four years of its rule.
The BJP candidate said that she was not frightened after the objection, saying that she never committed anything wrong.
Karnataka will vote in a single phase on May 10 and the results will be declared on May 13.
As many as 109 and 88 nominations were submitted initially in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, respectively.
The 15-member list of star campaigners included party chief Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule, Praful Patel, Shivajirao Garje, Clyde Crasto and R Hari.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to arrive in Udupi on May 4 as part of the ruling BJPs vigorous election campaign, according to BJP sources.
The NCP has fielded Uttam Patil from Nippani assembly segment in Belgavi district, a region with dominant Marathi-speaking population, where it had actively participated in the agitation against the desecration of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
The Union railways ministry has set a December-2023 deadline for 100% electrification of India's rail network.
Karnataka Elections 2023; The former CM also said the polls would be mainly fought on local issues and insisted a victory in the southern state would serve as a stepping stone for the Congress in national politics ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Karnataka Elections 2023: Unlike every other state where BJP quickly moves into a dominant position, in Karnataka it has continued to struggle to reach the simple majority mark on its own despite being in government for over 10 years and becoming the single largest party thrice
As D-day nears, political heavyweights, movie stars, celebrities, and former sportspersons make a beeline for the campaign for Karnataka. Might they matter more than any poll promise?
The process of filing nominations papers began on April 13 with the election notification being issued.
In all, 82 candidates have filed nominations for the eight constituencies in the coastal district from April 13 to April 20.
The political chessboard for the current electoral battle can only be understood in the context of what came before
First proposed in 1983, and approved in 2020, the project is mostly on the drawing board.
According to several Congress functionaries, Suresh filed his papers as a "backup plan" in the event of the nomination of Shivakumar getting rejected.
He is slated to hold a roadshow in Devanahalli town, the birthplace of 18th century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan, in Bengaluru Rural district on Friday afternoon.
This question brings up the BL Santhosh factor in the state. BJP leaders who failed to get party tickets are squarely blaming him. All leaders who fall under the bracket of mass leaders in the state are looking puny before him.
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Karnataka Elections 2023: It is not often that five brothers make headway in politics. For the Jarkiholi brothers of Belagavi, originally sugar barons, and especially Ramesh Jarkiholi, who was instrumental in the fall of the HD Kumaraswamy government in 2019, at stake is their dominance of the district
In the final list, Mohammed Shalem was fielded from Raichur, BV Rajeev Gowda from Sidlaghatta, S Anand Kumar from C V Raman Nagar (SC), HP Sridhar Gowda from Arkalgud, and Inayath Ali from Mangalore City North.
The BJP has dropped two of its Karnataka MPs, including Tejasvi Surya and Pratap Simha, while Sachin Pilot, Navjot Singh Sidhu are missing from Congress party list of campaigners