"The biggest difference between the BJP and other parties is of approach. The BJP is working on the roadmap of development of India in the next 25 years. Our rivals' agenda is to grab power"
Rahul Gandhi will visit Kapu in Udupi district and participate in an interaction programme with the fisher folks. Later, he will reach Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada district and address a public rally
In five Belagavi seats the Shiv Sena-NCP supported MES -- a vocal proponent of the inclusion of Belagavi and other Marathi-speaking areas in Maharashtra -- has fielded local candidates
Hitting out at both the BJP deserters, Yediyurappa said, "I call on the people not to cast a single vote for Laxman Savadi and Jagdish Shettar, as they betrayed the BJP"
Bommai further said "the Congress leaders talk of social justice but the incumbent BJP government hiked the quota for the SC/ST communities as well as introduced internal reservations
"If the Congress comes to power, dynastic politics will be at an all-time high and Karnataka will be afflicted with riots," the home minister had said
Amid reports that he pitched for BJP national general secretary CT Ravi as the next chief minister of Karnataka, former state minister and senior party leader KS Eshwarappa denied making any statement
Shah also expressed confidence that the BJP will form the government by obtaining simple majority
It was natural that some older leaders would have to make way for the new, young generation in the interests of the future of the state and party, he noted
Karnataka Congress campaign committee chief M B Patil and several other party leaders and workers accompanied Gandhi on the road show
Rahul Gandhi said the government bungalow located at Tughlaq Lane was given to him by the people of the country and he had stayed there for 19 years
After the scrutiny of nominations for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly election on Friday, seven nominations were rejected in Dakshina Kannada district and three in Udupi, officials said.
Earlier, Siddaramaiah had declared that he does not need to campaign in Varuna. But he will now arrive in a special chopper on Saturday and spend the entire day in the constituency from 11 am to 7 pm
Reacting over his conversation with the Prime Minister, Eshwarappa said that he didn't expect the call
According to the report, the nomination of D K Shivakumar, who had expressed apprehensions about the possibility of his papers getting rejected, has been accepted
Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje has demanded action against Congress state president D K Shivakumar for allegedly seeking bribe while issuing B-Forms to his party candidates
Amit Shah is on a three-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka from Friday as the state gears up for a fierce political battle in the month of May
Home Minister Amit Shah begins the BJP campaign today for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, PM will lead it
Bommai, Karnataka BJP strongman B S Yediyurappa, former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, some Karnataka Ministers and state party leaders also figure in the list
This is the first time that the party from Tamil Nadu is contesting elections in Karnataka