Former PM Deve Gowda says there is a BJP govt at the Centre. If nobody gets a working majority, let them impose President's Rule and conduct another election in six months
BJP social media chief Amit Malviya tweeted the poll date before the EC announcement
The Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced the schedule for the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018.
At least 30 MLAs in the Congress may not get the tickets this year. Fresh faces could be given party tickets and roped into the party.
In Karnataka, the 2008 assembly elections was won by BJP comfortably with 110 seats, whereas the 2013 assembly elections was swept by the Congress by winning 122 seats.
Janata Dal Secular or JD(S) in the midst makes the Karnataka Assembly Elections more interesting and challenging for the BJP and the Congress.
The presence of Delhi's big leaguers was a barefaced message to the BJP's chief ministerial candidate, B S Yeddyurappa.
There is no doubt that victory or defeat in the upcoming assembly elections will have a profound impact of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
On the BSP-JD(S) alliance, he said both the parties would benefit from joining hands in the upcoming Karnataka polls 2018.
Yeddyurappa is a Lingayat strongman and BJP's chief ministerial candidate for the coming Karnataka Assembly polls 2018.
"My phone is being tapped. Not only mine, also that of my son, my wife, people around me, my organizations. The phones of 10 to 12 people around me were tapped" Patil claimed.
Now with less than two months to go for the assembly elections, Bengaluru and Karnataka are truly in campaign and election mode.
The Lingayat community is led by Mr. Gadag-based Tontadarya Mutt's Siddalinga Swami, met the Chief Minister Mr. Siddaramaiah on last Sunday at his residence.
"I have been an ordinary Congress, grassroots worker for past many years. Till today, I am in Congress, but the contribution has not been recognised. Next week am going to take a decision".
The congress president claimed that his party believes in taking together the poor, dalits, advasis, backward communities and downtrodden.
"You stood by my grandmother during her toughest days (1977-79) and helped her achieve a historic win in the Lok Sabha by-election from here in 1978," said Gandhi at a public rally
The Karnataka government had recommended the two's inclusion as synonyms of 'Nayaka' appearing at SI. No. 38 in the list of Scheduled Tribes in the state.
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 is one of the most keenly awaited electoral battles of 2018.
Keeping all these political issues and twists and turns in Karnataka State, The entire nation and Karnataka state is eagerly waiting for the election and who will win.
Rupani secured a comfortable win from Rajkot West seat by 1,31,586 votes, which is the largest constituency in the Saurashtra region