Following the remarks, BJP State General Secretary N Ravikumar filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Gundu Rao
Gandhi has till now held six rounds of campaigning in the state with the last one being on April 7 and 8
There is a possibility of releasing the first list of around 180 candidates in a total of 224 constituencies in the state
The EC said all political parties should have avoided from tweeting at the crucial juncture when the Commission was announcing poll dates
Earlier, political parties targetted Bengaluru's slums because they had captive vote banks, but turnout pattern in 2013 Assembly polls was perhaps a wake-up call on the emergence of a strong middle cl
In both BJP and Congress camps, aspirant MLAs are miffed that their claims for party nomination in the Karnataka Assembly election 2018 is being ignored, perhaps in the interest of 'winnability'
Once called 'Sleepy Ramaiah' by many in his own party, Siddaramaiah transformed Congress with a combination of social justice and distributive justice tools and ideas he begged, borrowed or stole
The BJP has already announced its first list of candidates for the Karnataka polls to be held on May 12
This report has become the basis for the Congress party's election narrative, particularly to distinguish the 'Karnataka model of development' from the 'Gujarat model of development'
Congress does not want the election to be about Modi, or the "failures" of the Modi government at the Centre
BJP had announced the first list of 72 candidates last night with names of Yeddyurappa and other party veterans like Jagadish Shettar and K S Eswarappa figuring in it
Modi factor or phenomenon is going down, because people are not seeing tangible results
Dispute over distribution of water from the rivers flowing through Karnataka and its neighbours works up emotions to the same degree as a communal one might and sets off conflicts between communities
CM candidate Yeddyurappa is over 75, past the BJP's age cap for holding office, but his caste antecedent recommended him for the CM position; also, he lacks the Karnataka BJP's unqualified support
Karnataka will go to polls on May 12 to elect its representatives for the 225-member assembly
Congress has dubious distinction of snatching defeat from jaws of victory, mainly due to differences within - the one between Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy G Parameshwar is an example
Will Congress' 'Ahinda' formation help it overcome the BJP in the only big state it holds right now?
The polling for Karnataka assembly is on May 12, and counting of votes is on May 15
If the party chooses to play the way the game is played in India, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah shows them how to do it
The tweet was allegedly targeted at PWD minister H C Mahadevappa, a trusted aide of Siddaramaiah