Days after Rahul Gandhi's conviction by the Surat court, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that no attempts were made to seek a stay on the magistrate court's verdict to encash Rahul Gandhi's conviction in Karnataka assembly polls.
Janata Dal Secular (JDS) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Friday.
With the aim to facilitate farmers of Krishna basin, the Karnataka government has started irrigation projects worth Rs 2,800 crores, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday.
Sounding the poll bugle in Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday attempted to end the speculations of an internal divide in the party stating that all leaders of the party will contest the elections together and sweep the Assembly polls slated later this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the closing ceremony of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) "Vijay Sankalp Yatra" in Davangere city in Karnataka on March 25.
The Congress Central Election Committee will meet in the national capital on March 17, Friday, to pick the candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, sources said.