Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's Parliamentary Board would finalise and release the list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state on April 8.
Clarifying on his supposed declaration of being the Congress's chief ministerial candidate in the ensuing Karnataka Assembly polls, former CM Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said he was only an 'aspirant' for the post.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said an extensive discussion would be done in the meeting regarding the remaining 100 seats ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections.
During the Congress party's 'Praja Dhwani Yatra' near Bevinahalli in Srirangapatna on March 28, Shivakumar was allegedly seen throwing Rs 500 currency notes at the artists performing in the rally.
Union Minister and co-incharge of Karnataka, Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday called on BJP national president JP Nadda in Parliament regarding the upcoming Assembly polls in the state, sources said.
The bonds are available for purchase for a period of 10 days each in the months of January, April, July and October, as may be specified by the central government.
The Congress Central Election Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday in the national capital to release the second list of candidates for the Karnataka Assembly polls days, after the poll body announced the election schedule for the southern state.
For the ensuing Karnataka Assembly elections, the BJP is looking forward to adopting the same strategy it used during the Gujarat elections -- of fielding leaders from across the states in the campaign.
Ahead of the Assembly election in Karnataka, the only southern state where the Bharatiya Janata Party is in government, the saffron party has decided to throw all its efforts into the poll campaign and reach the helm for the second consecutive term.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a rally in Kolar in Karnataka on April 9 in indication of the Congress seeking to make an political issue of his disqualification from Lok Sabha with the Congress leader also slated to visit Wayanad on April 11