Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar on Friday said that the party wants to give more tickets to women and youth, ahead of assembly elections in the state.
Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly poll, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda will visit the poll-bound state on Friday and Saturday, said sources on Thursday.
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.
Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda will chair a meeting of the party's national general secretaries at the party headquarters on Wednesday evening to deliberate on the agenda to analyse and prepare further for the upcoming elections.
Karnataka Aam Aadmi Party president Prithvi Reddy on Tuesday said that the party will seek people's opinions for the preparation of a manifesto for the state Assembly elections that will be held later this year.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday, said "PM Modi has confidence in me and I have confidence in him. For making sure that Modi Ji becomes PM again, we will work hard towards winning maximum seats in Karnataka assembly elections and also Lok Sabha elections".
Somanna is said to be mulling exiting the BJP to join the Congress. According to sources, the ruling party has decided not to include Somanna in its election management committee to avoid embarrassment to the party.
Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the biggest strength of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is its robust grassroots-level organisation.
Apart from Bommai, the campaign committee will have the veteran leader and former Chief Minister of State BS Yediyurappa Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, A Narayanaswamy, party's state unit president Nalin Kateel, former central minister DV Sadananda Gowda, former state minister Eshwrappa, a
Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said there is no example of giving tickets to all the sitting MLAs since every election will be different.