Poll Updates

Mangaluru, Apr 27: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi today released his party’s election manifesto for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections at the TMA Pai Convention Hall in the city. The Congress has prepared separate manifestos for different regions of Karnataka, namely, Mysuru, Bengaluru, Belagavi and Kalburgi. All four manifestos were released together. Dakshina Kannada and Udupi fall under

Bengaluru, Apr 26: Angered by the major political parties’ apathy over their demands, the leaders of Brahmin community in Karnataka have threatened to hit NOTA (none of the above) on the Electronic Voting Machine in the May 12 state assembly polls. On condition of anonymity, a representative of the Akhila Bharatiya Brahaman Mahasangha (ABBM) told coastaldigest.com that the federation may advise

From organising a fleet of 25 luxury buses to ply natives from neighbouring state, to an MLA-aspirant delivering juicy Tandoori Chicken to the voter’s home, in a candid conversation with this reporter, respondents across some of the districts visited in poll-bound-Karnataka – gave detailed account of how their would-be representatives are trying to woo them for their ballots. At the pre-2018

Mangaluru, Apr 26: Mithun Rai, president of Dakshina Kannada district unit of the Youth Congress, who had remained aloof after ticket denial, has formally joined the party’s campaign for May 12 assembly polls saying that there are better opportunities for him in the party. Mr Rai was an aspirant of the Congress ticket from Mulki-Moodbidri constituency. After the party issued B From to sitting MLA

Mangaluru, Apr 26: B Ramanath Rai, minister for forest, environment and ecology, and Congress candidate for Bantwal assembly constituency, today said that he is not aware of any secret pact between the Congress and the Social Democratic Party of India. Replying to the queries of media persons in the city, Mr Rai said: “The party leaders have not given me any instructions regarding the alliance

Mysuru, Apr 26: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has called upon the people of Karnataka to reject both Congress and the BJP. Addressing the Kumara Parva convention, attended by both JD(S) and BSP candidates at the Maharaja’s College Grounds here, she said that both the national parties have neglected the poor, the Dalits and the backward classes. “The

Bengaluru, Apr 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that development was his only agenda for the Karnataka Assembly polls, and accused the state's Congress government of stalling its progress. Modi also accused the Congress of playing caste politics during elections. "BJP has a three-pronged agenda for Karnataka-- development, fast-paced development, all-round development," he told BJP

Mysuru, Apr 26: BJP’s national spokesperson and member of the parliament, Meenakshi Lekhi, has expressed concern over reports that chief minister Siddaramiah led government has been protecting Popular Front of India and Social Democratic Party of India. Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday Lekhi said that SDPI and PFI are not only anti-social elements but also have ties with terror

Mysuru, Apr 26: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy, who had formed the government with the BJP in Karnataka in the past, has now accused Congress of reaching a secret pact with the saffron party in Varuna Assembly constituency. “The Congress derives a wicked pleasure in describing the JD(S) as the ‘B’ team of the BJP. Why did the BJP withdraw the candidature of B Y Vijayendra, son of former

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will release the party’s manifesto for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls on April 27 in Mangaluru, sources said on Wednesday. During his two-day seventh leg of campaigning in the state, which will start on Thursday, Rahul would also visit parts of Uttara Kannada like Ankola city, Mastikatte Circle (Kumta), Saraswati Circle (Honnavar) and hold a corner meeting at