Karnataka assembly elections 2018
Karnataka election 2018: Amit Shah says Congress allying with anti-national groups
Fri, May 11, 2018
Karnataka Assembly elections 2018: BJP national president Amit Shah said the BJP would “form the government in Karnataka by winning a minimum of over 130 seats.” “The Congress President says he has faith in uniting people. Then, why are Congress candidates conspiring to win the elections by seeking support from organisations which want to break the country,” Shah said while attacking the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government for the commemoration of Tipu Jayanti while neglecting icons from the state.
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Karnataka election 2018: Sting video to mud-slinging, campaign ends with fiery rhetoric
Fri, May 11, 2018
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: As the Karnataka Assembly election is being considered significant before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, both incumbent Congress and the BJP, the main opposition party, did not leave anything to chance by pooling in all possible resources from their national leadership. Taking time off from his busy schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed 19 rallies covering 18 Assembly constituencies, while Congress president Rahul Gandhi took part in 17 rallies in 15 constituencies. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, however, attended only one public rally in Bijapur.
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Karnataka Assembly elections 2018: 64% rise in assets of 184 MLAs
Tue, May 08, 2018
Karnataka Assembly elections 2018: A 64 per cent growth is seen in the assets of 184 MLAs, who are re-contesting the Karnataka Assembly elections on May 12, as compared to 2013 elections, by the analysis of their self-sworn affidavits, according to an ADR report.
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Karnataka assembly elections 2018: Congress attacks PM Modi on corruption, cites Reddy brothers' links
Thu, May 03, 2018
The Congress has chosen to concentrate its attack on Bellary’s Reddy brothers, who are accused in the iron ore mining scam, to mar Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image of an anti-corruption crusader in Karnataka.
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Big relief! Your petrol, diesel bills not to rise; here is big reason why
Tue, May 01, 2018
Karnataka assembly elections 2018: A fortnight before Karnataka goes to polls, PSU oil firms have stopped revising petrol and diesel prices even though benchmark international rates have gone up by almost USD 2 per barrel.
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Karnataka assembly elections 2018: Modi wave sweeping state, says Yeddyurappa
Tue, May 01, 2018
Riding a ‘Modi wave’, the BJP will form the next government in Karnataka with absolute majority, its chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa said on Monday. He also ruled out a post-poll alliance with the JD(S) ‘as of now’.
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Karnataka assembly elections 2018: Siddaramaiah not to be Congress CM face? Find out
Wed, Apr 25, 2018
Karnataka assembly elections 2018: The Congress stands a very good chance of winning the Karnataka Assembly polls, and the high-command would take a call on the next Chief Minister, senior party leader Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday, indicating that incumbent Siddaramaiah may not be the automatic choice.
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Karnataka assembly elections 2018: Siddaramaiah sure of win with blessings of Chamundeshwari and Banashankari goddesses
Wed, Apr 25, 2018
Karnataka assembly elections 2018: Soon after filing his nomination from Badami Assembly constituency in Karnataka’s Bagalkot district, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah talks to DNA about contesting from two seats.
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Karnataka assembly election 2018: A record 2,407 in fray for polls
Wed, Apr 25, 2018
Karnataka assembly election 2018: Polling will be held in a single phase on May 12 for 224 Assembly seats, including 36 reserved for the Scheduled Castes and 15 for the Scheduled Tribes. Votes will be counted on May 15.
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Karnataka assembly elections 2018: Will saffron-clad Reddy bros deliver Ballari region to BJP?
Tue, Apr 24, 2018
Having fallen on hard times following the humongous iron ore mining scam, the resourceful Reddy brothers of Ballari are back in the reckoning, with the BJP fielding two of them for the political potboiler of an Assembly poll slated next month.
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Karnataka assembly elections 2018: Siddaramaiah emulating Kerala violence, says Rajnath Singh
Tue, Apr 24, 2018
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday accused the Congress government in poll-bound Karnataka of adopting “the model of political violence” from Kerala, but assured people that BJP will end the violent targeting of political workers if it comes to power in the state.
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Karnataka assembly elections 2018: Yeddy Jr won’t fight Sidda Jr in Varuna constituency, BJP men erupt in protest
Tue, Apr 24, 2018
BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa’s announcement on Monday that his son B Y Vijayendra would not be contesting from Varuna assembly constituency in Mysuru against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son Yatindra led to largescale protests by party workers, following which police resorted to lathicharge to bring the situation under control.
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