Lok Sabha elections

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BJP aims to improve tally, Congress plays Vokkaliga card as 14 seats in Karnataka go to polls on Friday

Apr 25, 2024

ಶುಕ್ರವಾರದಾನಿ 2ನೇ ಹಂತದ ಲೋಕಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗ್ ವೇದಿಕೆ ಸಜ್ಜಾತ್ಂಡ್, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ 28 ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಲೆನ ಪೈಕಿ 14 ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಲೆಡ್ ಮತದಾನ ನಡಪುಂಡು.

Bengaluru: The stage is set for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday when 14 of the 28 parliamentary seats in Karnataka will go to the polls.

The BJP, which managed to win 11 out of these 14 seats in southern Karnataka is hoping for a clean sweep this time.

The Congress party on the other hand is buoyed by the victory in the assembly elections held in 2023 and is relying on its guarantee schemes to upset the apple cart of BJP. Though, vying for the post of the chief minister, CM Siddaramaiah and Dy CM D.K. Shivakumar, have buried the hatchet to ensure a Congress victory.

Countering this, 91-year-old former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda has launched a spirited campaign in the region to ensure the Vokkaliga vote bank stays with the BJP-JD-S alliance.

Shivakumar’s brother D.K. Suresh was the only person to register a victory for the Congress in the entire state in the last general election. The BJP has nominated Dr. C.N. Manjunath for this high profile seat.

Following the tussle between the top leaders and the ground level party workers, incidents of stabbing and attacks, the State Election Commission has doubled the para-military forces in the parliamentary segment. Sources said that the Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha seat will witness a record turnout of voters and whoever wins the margin is going to be very narrow.

Bengaluru South is considered a fortress of the BJP as its candidates have registered victories since the 1991 general elections. The last time the Congress won this seat was in 1989.

Not taking any chances, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had recently held a roadshow in the constituency to ensure the victory of the BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya. On the other hand, Sowmya Reddy, daughter of Minister for Transport Ramalinga Reddy, is hopeful of her victory. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had addressed a public meeting in the Bengaluru South constituency during her visit to Karnataka.

The Bengaluru North voters have been electing BJP candidates continuously since 2004. Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje is the BJP candidate while the Congress has fielded academician and former Rajya Sabha member Prof. M.V. Rajeev Gowda. The BJP is eying a victory this time as well while the Congress is hoping that voters would give a chance to Gowda, who was a professor at the IIM-B.

In the Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha seat, the Congress wants to ensure the victory of its only Muslim candidate in the state Mansoor Ali Khan. However, there is an allegation that the top Muslim leaders of the Congress did not take any interest in campaigning for him. BJP candidate P.C. Mohan who has won the seat three consecutive times is confident of winning for the fourth time.

Sources said that there is a close contest in the Hassan Lok Sabha seat and the Congress is hopeful of winning the seat. Former PM H.D. Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna is contesting from the seat as the NDA candidate for the second time. M. Shreyas Patel, grandson of former Congress MP G. Puttaswamy Gowda, is the Congress candidate. The JD-S has held the seat since 2004.

Former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy is pitched as the NDA candidate for the Mandya Lok Sabha seat. The Congress has fielded Venkataramane Gowda aka Star Chandru. Dy CM D.K. Shivakumar has been claiming that he will win this seat.

The Congress had won the seat in the 2013 bye-election. It had also won in the 1999 and 2004 general elections which reflects the strong roots of the party there. In the 2009, 2014, and 2018 by-elections, the JD-S had won the seat. The JD-S had managed to win only one seat out of eight assembly segments in the 2023 assembly elections while the Congress won the rest. However, political heavyweight Kumaraswamy is expecting a big win this time.

The contest in the Mysuru-Kodagu parliamentary seat has become interesting following the use of the Vokkaliga card by the Congress against the royal scion Yaduveer Wadiyar, who is contesting from the BJP. CM Siddaramaiah’s confidante M. Laxman is the Congress candidate.

The Congress has big hopes in the Chamarajanagar reserve Lok Sabha seat. CM Siddaramaiah has taken it as a personal mission to ensure the victory of its candidate Sunil Bose, son of Minister for Social Welfare. The inclination of senior BJP leader and sitting MP V. Srinivas Prasad towards the Congress is upsetting the BJP candidate S. Balaraj, a close associate of former CM B.S. Yediyurappa. The BJP had managed to win the seat for the first time in 2019 by 1,817 votes.

In the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru seat, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Kota Srinivas Poojari is the BJP candidate. He is taking on senior Congress leader Jayaprakash Hegde. Sources say that though there is a fight, the BJP will sail through.

The Dakshina Kannada LS seat is considered a BJP stronghold. Captain Brijesh Chowta is the BJP candidate. Chowta is taking on Padmaraj, a new face from the Congress party. The BJP has been winning the seat since 1991 and is expecting a big win from here.

There is a close fight between the Congress and the BJP in the Chikkaballapur and Kolar Lok Sabha seats. The BJP’s Dr. K. Sudhakar is facing young face Raksha Ramaiah, who hails from the powerful Ramaiah family in Bengaluru. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed a massive public rally in Chikkaballapur.

The Kolar reserve Lok Sabha seat is also witnessing a tough fight between the NDA and the Congress candidates. However, the Congress has remained a divided house. A cabinet minister, three MLAs and two MLCs of the Congress party created a high drama of tendering their resignations over ticket allotment.

The Congress has chosen a new face K.V. Gowtham and the JD-S has fielded M. Mallesh Babu as the NDA candidate.

The Congress is hopeful of wrestling the Chitradurga Lok Sabha reserve seat. Former Dy CM and Dalit leader Govind Karjol is contesting the seat from the BJP. B.N. Chandrappa is the Congress candidate. The BJP has won the seat twice since 1952. Sitting BJP MP, Union Minister of State A. Narayanaswamy, was denied a ticket.

Hoping to wrest the seat, the Congress had brought Priyanka Gandhi to Chitradurga to address a massive rally. However, the BJP is relying on a Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave.

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Bengaluru: A lot at stake for three former Karnataka CMs in Lok Sabha election fray

Apr 17, 2024

ಬರ್ಪಿನ ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆಡ್ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆ ಮಲ್ಪುನ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ 3 ಮಾಜಿ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿನಕ್ಲೆಗ್ ಗೆಂದುನ ಅಗತ್ಯ ಉಂಡು. ದಾಯೆ ಪಂಡ ಒವ್ವೆ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಹಿನ್ನಡೆ ಅಕ್ಲೆನ್ ದುಂಬುರ್ದು ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಗ್ ನೂಕುನ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಉಂಡು.

Bengaluru: Victory is essential for three former Chief Ministers of Karnataka who are contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections, as any electoral setback can push them to the political backstage from the frontline.

The trio in question — former BJP Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai and Jagadish Shettar, and ex-CM H.D. Kumaraswamy of the JD-S — is expected to play big roles in national politics. Bommai is contesting the Haveri Lok Sabha seat, Shettar has been fielded from Belagavi, while Kumaraswamy is the NDA nominee from Mandya.

The involvement of former Chief Ministers has turned these constituencies into high-profile seats, where it has become a matter of prestige for the supporters of these three prominent leaders to ensure their victory.

For Kumaraswamy, winning the elections is crucial, especially after his party stitched an alliance with the BJP-led NDA with both parties announcing that the tie-up is not confined to the Lok Sabha polls only as they will continue to fight the Congress together in the days to come.

Kumaraswamy, whose nomination is aimed at boosting the prospects of the NDA candidates in southern Karnataka, is pitted against industrialist Venkataramane Gowda of the Congress.

While many feel that the chances of Gowda, a fresh face in electoral politics, look slim against a seasoned politician like Kumaraswamy, Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar is backing his party nominee to hand defeat to the former Chief Minister in Mandya.

In case of an unfavorable verdict, Kumaraswamy might lose his bargaining power significantly with the BJP’s national leadership. It would also mean that the Vokkaliga community, which forms the core support base for the JD-S, is no longer backing him with Shivakumar emerging as their preferred choice.

With some of his close confidantes joining the Congress and taking pot-shots at his family, Kumaraswamy wants to redeem his frontline position in state politics and a victory in Mandya will give him the much-needed boost. The elections are also crucial for Jagadish Shettar, as a defeat in Belagavi might signal the end of his political career.

Shettar, who had quit the BJP ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections, rejoined the party in January this year. In Belagavi, he faces Mrinal Hebbalkar of the Congress, a fresh face in electoral politics and the son of state minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, who’s known to be close to Shivakumar.

Upping the ante against the former Chief Minister, Shivakumar has claimed that Shettar’s plight will be miserable in a couple of months when he will repent his decision to return to the BJP. The upcoming elections are also crucial for the political career of Basavaraj Bommai.

To recall, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had declared last year that the Assembly elections will be fought under the leadership of Bommai. However, the party later decided to contest under the collective leadership of the BJP.

Sources close to Bommai said that he has been handpicked by the party high command for his abilities such as language fluency, oratory skills, and political knowledge.

Known for defending the party’s stands with facts on the floor of the Assembly, Bommai is likely to be offered an important role if the BJP retains power at the Centre, and the former CM wins from Haveri.

However, a defeat can cause a setback to his political career as many young contenders are vying for important roles in the BJP.

Bommai is up against Congress’ Anandswamy Gaddadevarmath in Haveri.

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Lok Sabha Elections: BJP’s Nari Shakti Convention Program

Apr 9, 2024

ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆದ ಲೆಕ್ಕೊಡು ಮಂಗಳೂರು ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಡ್ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 8 ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ 3:30ಗ್ ಕೊಲ್ಯ ಕುಲಾಲ ಭವನಡ್ ನಾರಿ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಸಮಾವೇಶ ನೆರವೇರ್ಂಡ್.

Mangaluru: Nari Shakti convention was held at Kolya Kulala Bhawan on April 8 at 3:30 PM in Mangaluru Assembly Constituency on the ahead of Lok Sabha Elections.

Mandal President Jagadish Alva Kuvetta Bailu presided over the nari shakti sammelan convention program and informed women about how to involve themselves in election work. Ms.Bharti Shetty, Member of Vidhan Parishad, who inaugurated the Nari Shakti Samavesh by lighting a lamp and informed about various projects of PM Modi and requested the women to win Captain Brijesh Chowta with majority in Dakshina Kannada district.

Candidate of Dakshina Kannada district Captain Brijesh Chowta said that the role of women in election work is very important, the emotionality of mothers touched my heart. Dr.Manjula Rao, President, Dakshina Kannada District Mahila Morcha, encouraged the women to make Mahila Shakti Durga Shakti in election work and ugadi festival should be a victory celebration.

Kasturi Panja: Election Coordinator of District Women’s Work, Dhanalakshmi Gatti: election co-convener of Women’s Work and president of Near East district, Sumanasharan: District Mahila Morcha Treasurer and Mahila Morcha Election Officer, Purnima Shetty: Secretary of Zilla Mahila Morcha and in-charge of Mahila Morcha, Jayashree Karkera: District Co-Convenor of Beneficiary Contact Campaign, Sumana Harish Shetty: Mandal Secretary and Mahila Morcha in-charge, Madhavi Ullala: Mahila Morcha President, Ravindra Shetty Ulidotu: District Vice President, Radhakrishna Boodiyar: District Election Officer, Dinesh Amtur: Mandal Election Officer, Chandrahasa Pandita House: Mandal election coordinator, Leaders with unique responsibilities, Office bearers of Mahila Morcha, Panchayat Presidents, Members, municipal councillors, women leaders were present.

Mahila Morcha General Secretary Sumalatha Konaje Narrated the program. Morcha president Madhavi Ullal welcomed the guests. General Secretary Harini V Kotian thanked the gathering.

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NEW DELHI: Filing of nominations for second phase of Lok Sabha polls begins

Mar 28, 2024

ನವದೆಹಲಿ: 12 ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಬೊಕ್ಕ ಕೇಂದ್ರಾಡಳಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ 88 ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗ್ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 26ಕ್ಕ್ ನಡಪಿನ 2ನೇ ಹಂತದ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗ್ ಮಾರ್ಚ್.27ಕ್ಕ್ ನಾಮಪತ್ರ ಸಲ್ಲಿಕೆ ಆರಂಭ ಆತ್ಂಡ್.

NEW DELHI: The process of filing nominations for 88 parliamentary seats across 12 states in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on March 27.

According to the notification issued by the Election Commission, The last date for filing nomination papers for this phase is April 4. On April 5, the nomination papers will be scrutinised in all states and Union Territories, except Jammu and Kashmir.

Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on April 6 in Jammu and Kashmir. The states and Union Territories going to the polls in the second phase are Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, apart from one part of the Outer Manipur seat.