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Oscar, Rai, Khan, Sorake, Moily, Ibrahim among Karnataka Cong poll panel members

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February 26, 2018

Bengaluru, Feb 26: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi has approved the Pradesh Election Committee for the upcoming Karnataka elections.

Following are the members of the Committee:

G Parameshwara, Siddaramaiah, Mallikarjun Kharge, D K Shivakumar, S R Patil, Dinesh Gundurao, Oscar Fernandes, M Veerappa Moily, B K Hariprasad, K H Muniyappa, Margaret Alva, Allum Veerabhadrappa, R V Deshpande, K Rehman Khan, H K Patil, K J George, Ramalinga Reddy, Ramanath Rai, H C Mahadevappa, M B Patil, M Krishnappa, B L Shankar, C M Ibrahim, Motamma, Satish Jarkiholi, Rani Satish, C S Nadagouda, Vinay Kumar Sorake, Krishna Byre Gowda, S S Mallikarjun, Santosh S Lad, P T Parameshwar Naik, Shivaraj Tangadagi, Umashree, R Roshan Baig, Ambareesh, K B Krishna Murthy, Saleem Ahmed, Narasinga Rao Suryavanshi, Basavanagouda Badarli, Lakshmi Ravindra Hebbalkar, Manjunatha H S and Pyareijan.

All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal, AICC secretaries in-charge of the state and all MPs from Karnataka are also in the Pradesh Election Committee, according to a press release issued by the AICC here on Sunday.

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February 10,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 10: Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy today got engaged to Revathi, the grand-niece of Congress leader and realtor M Krishnappa.

On February 6, Mr Nikhil shared a picture with Ms Revathi on his official Facebook account.

Mr Nikhil's grandfather and former prime minister of India HD Deve Gowda attended the event along with several other politicians at the Taj West End.

BJP leaders including Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa former chief minister Jagadish Shetter were also present.

Mr Nikhil, 30, is a Kannada film actor who made his debut in the bilingual movie Jaguar in 2016. The actor will soon start shooting for his new movie Production No-1.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he lost to Sumalatha Ambareesh, widow of former Karnataka actor Ambareesh, in the Mandya constituency in Karnataka.

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May 20,2020

Bengaluru, May 20: 63 more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Karnataka, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 1,458 on Wednesday, said the state Health Department.

The total number of cases includes, 864 active cases and 41 deaths (one due to non-COVID cause), it added.

Total 10 people have been discharged today while 553 persons have been discharged so far.

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June 9,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 9: Two grassroots level workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka, Chief Minister and senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa said.

"Eranna Kadadi and Ashok Gasti have filed nominations for the Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka. It is only in BJP that grassroots level workers are given recognition," Yediyurappa told reporters here.

The elections to fill the vacant 18 Rajya Sabha seats from seven states are scheduled to be held on June 19. Elections to four Rajya Sabha seats will be held in Karnataka.

"The core committee of the party had recommended a few names. Afterwards, the party's all-India president consulted with me. Finally, these two names were finalised," Yediyurappa said.

The nominations will be scrutinised on Wednesday and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is June 12.

Notably, the Janata Dal (Secular) on Monday announced that party supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has decided to contest the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

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