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Public angst over rain havoc weighs on parties as polls near in Karnataka

With torrential rains in Bengaluru exposing its infrastructure woes, sitting legislators from the city and their political parties seem to be a worried lot over the electoral prospects, amid fears of anti-incumbency and public angst turning against them. Assembly polls are barely seven months away, and elections to the city civic body the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) are expected later this year. The downpour and deluge caused by it resulted in large-scale destruction and misery, affecting the normal life of people, with some complaining that the "brand Bengaluru" has taking a hit. The famed IT industry bore the brunt of the rain fury; there seems to be palpable anger among a section of citizens who felt let down by the political class during the crisis. According to some political observers and party insiders, this fear seems to be more within the ruling BJP, as the state government is being directly held responsible for the mess, in the absence of the city civic body

Will travel across Karnataka to strengthen BJP ahead of polls: Yediyurappa

Karnataka BJP strongman B S Yediyurappa on Friday said he would tour the state to strengthen the party ahead of next year's assembly polls. Yediyurappa met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda here on Friday and held discussions on the political situation in the state and its preparations for the 2023 assembly polls. Talking to PTI, Yediyurappa said his inclusion in the BJP Parliamentary Board, the party's apex decision-making body, has "sent a good message not only in Karnataka but across south India." Thanking Prime Minister Modi and the party's central leadership, Yediyurappa said he would continue to his activities and "from the first week of September, will travel across the state, visit all districts to strengthen BJP and the hands of the state leadership." The former Karnataka chief minister, however, made it clear that he is not going to contest the elections. During his tour across the state in three phases, Yediyurappa s

Karnataka: Congress leader challenges BJP to name Yediyurappa as CM face

Senior Congress leader M B Patil on Thursday accused the BJP of using veteran leader B S Yediyurappa for its 'survival,' by appointing him to its highest decision-making body, just ahead of Karnataka assembly polls 2023, and challenged the saffron party to name him as its Chief Minister face instead. Noting that Yediyurappa was forced to step down as the Chief Minister citing his age as the reason, the state Congress' campaign committee chairman, who is also considered as the party's Lingayat face, questioned as to whether his age is not a factor, when he is now inducted into the BJP's Parliamentary Board and Central Election Committee. He rejected contention that Yediyurappa's induction into the BJP's top body affected Congress' prospects to attract Lingayat votes and said the community fully understands the ruling party's game of utilising the Lingayat strongman's services, only for the sake of elections. Lingayat, a dominant community, forms the major vote bank of the BJP. Both

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to attend key party meeting in Karnataka today

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will attend the party's Karnataka unit's political affairs committee meeting on Tuesday evening, amid rumblings within ahead of 2023 Assembly polls

Karnataka Assembly polls: CM Bommai embarks on 3-day districts tour

Basavaraj Bommai will be on a three-day visit to the districts as a part of the party's ongoing state tour to assess the ground situation in preparations for the next year's Assembly elections

2023 assembly election in Karnataka will be my last: H D Kumaraswamy

JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy sought an opportunity from the people to independently run a government for five years, so as to implement programmes for the larger public good

Basavaraj Bommai to lead BJP in 2023 assembly polls: Karnataka BJP chief

Karnataka BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel concurred with Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement on winning the 2023 assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai

K'taka Congress MLAs project Siddaramaiah as CM candidate in Assembly polls

Raghavendra Hitnal, Congress MLA from Koppal backed party legislator Zameer Ahmad's demand to project Siddaramaiah as Congress chief ministerial candidate in the next Assembly polls

Shaky moments for Yediyurappa

No one in the party disagrees that of all BJP leaders, it is only Mr Yediyurappa who has a presence all over the state. But there are critics aplenty

Siddaramaiah confident of Cong returning to power in 2023 Karnataka polls

Speaking at an event in Mysuru, he hit out at the BJP government for reducing the quantity of free rice provided to the poor from seven kg to five kg

Yediyurappa to travel across Karnataka to organise BJP; targets 150 seats

Targeting 140 to 150 seats for the BJP in the next assembly polls, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said he would soon begin travelling across the state to organise the party

Will win 15 seats, present pro-farmer budget in February, says Karnataka CM

The ruling BJP needs to win at least six seats in the bypolls to 15 constituencies to remain in a majority in the 224-member assembly, which would still have two vacant seats-- Maski and R R Nagar.

K'taka bypolls: Cong leaders resolve to face Dec 5 bypolls with unity

However, according to sources some senior party leaders expressed displeasure about not everyone being taken into confidence on selection of candidates.

Karnataka polls will be IT friendly and modern: Election Commission

Karnataka has 30 districts and 33 election districts, with 224 assembly constituencies

'Mission impossible'

Kannada film star Upendra has plans of fielding candidates from his newly launched party in the upcoming state polls in 2018

Project dilemma

As Karnataka gears up for Assembly elections, tenders for public works are issued in full steam