An independent candidate from Karnataka's Yadgir constituency paid his deposit money of Rs 10,000 entirely in coins to file nominations for the elections. He collected money from people across the constituency, to contest the Karnataka elections on May 10.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Mahesh Tenginkai who has been fielded by the saffron party against the turncoat Jagadish Shettar in the upcoming polls, on Tuesday said that BJP wanted the new generation to enter politics.
The Banjara community has influence in more than 30 Assembly seats out of 224 in Karnataka. Aware of this, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress have fielded 13 and 3 candidates, respectively, from the influential community.
"Mayor and Deputy Mayor elections are scheduled to be held on April 26. CM and the party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal have decided that Dr Shelly Oberoi will again be our candidate in the election. For the Deputy Mayor post, Aaley Muhammad Iqbal is being retained as our candidate,"
BJP on Monday announced its candidate for the Hubballi-Dharwad Central seat hours after former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar joined the Congress as the electioneering picked up momentum in the southern state with the nomination process to end in two days.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday exuded confidence that the newly fielded candidate Mahesh Tenjinakai will win the Karnataka Assembly polls with a margin of 50,000 votes.
Former Prime Minister HD Dewegowda's grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy on Monday filed his nomination as a candidate of Janata Dal-Secular for the May 10 Assembly polls and expressed confidence that the party will be voted to power in Karnataka.