Mandya: Stepping up his offensive against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused it of having "mortgaged" people's future to "mafia" and "sold" the state to mining barons Reddy brothers. Attacking the BJP in the third lap of his campaign for the May 5 Assembly elections, Gandhi charged it with having "built" the Reddy brothers -- G Janardhana and G Karunakara --...
04:38 PM, May 01, 2013
Bangalore/Hubli: In an allround attack on the BJP Government in Karnataka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday accused it of "misgovernance" and "corruption" and said the minorities were feeling insecure under its rule. Addressing election meetings at Hubli and on Bangalore outskirts for the May 5 Assembly polls, he said Karnataka had been "slipping" behind others in the last five years as "good governance" and "dynamic leadership" were missing. Singh...
06:51 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Bhopal: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was not an issue for his party, which believes in fighting ideological battles in which personalities do not matter much. He dismissed the BJP stalwart as a creation of 'media hype' and challenged his claim of having ushered a new era of growth in Gujarat, where BJP is in power since mid 1990s. "Modi is a...
06:41 PM, Apr 28, 2013
There will be no colour in May 5 Karnataka elections after the Election Commission's clampdown on poll banners and posters. However, to counter the lack of election season colour, the Cartoonists' Association of Bangalore is doing its bit to raise voter awareness. ...
09:52 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Hubli: The asset value of Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has increased four times than that of his wife Shilpa Shettar, but he is literally indebted to her and brother Pradip Shettar, going by the affidavit filed by him along with his nomination papers in Hubli. Shettar, seeking a fifth win from a constituency in Hubli in the May 5 Assembly polls, has a loan of Rs 18.97 lakh, the...
08:40 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Sachidananda Murthy, resident editor, Malayala Manorama and The Week, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Karnataka Assembly polls 2013. Q. The freebies announcements have started. How many more are to come? Asked by: sundar1950in A. Karnataka has the precedence of political parties announcing supplementary manifestos. In 1985 the Janata party benefited a great deal by announcing cheap food grains for poor, and school textbooks and uniforms for students....
05:09 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Haveri: Sharpening his attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused it of having created 'a world record' in corruption. Addressing a rally in Haveri in Karnataka on the second leg of his tour for the May 5 Assembly polls, he said the BJP talked about corruption at the Centre, but "corruption in the state did not come to their attention."...
03:25 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Bangalore: The Congress has welcomed the CNN-IBN-The Week survey on Karnataka Assembly elections, saying it clearly shows what the people of the state want. Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao said, "All indicators show that the Congress is ahead and should be able to form a government on its own with a comfortable majority. So, I think this is what the people of Karnataka want, they want a stable government and...
09:21 AM, Apr 26, 2013
A CNN-IBN-The Week pre-poll survey has revealed that Janata Dal (Secular) president and former Chief Minsiter HD Kumaraswamy is the most preferred CM candidate. ...
11:43 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Mysore: There are just 10 days to go for the Assembly elections as CNN-IBN's Karnataka Yatra reaches battlefield Mysore. Politics revolves around caste lines in modern day Mysore. Fertile agricultural land being turned into residential plots and apartments is one of the first sights that hit one as they drive into Mysore. Farmers like Samy Gowda have all sold their lands to realtors and they say in the area which...
09:53 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Shimoga: In the Karnataka Yatra, CNN-IBN now stops at Shimoga. Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's home turf was also a Bharatiya Janata Party bastion in 2008. Will his rebellion destroy the BJP here? As one drives into Shimoga of 2013, they see an old traditional town being turned into a new city with wide roads and a boom of new buildings. Since the BJP's 2008 victory, money has poured into...
09:33 AM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday reprimanded Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa for violating the Model Code of Conduct in connection with his alleged hate speech and asked him to be cautious in future. The BJP leader who is also the candidate from Shimoga assembly constituency in Karnataka has been booked for allegedly inciting communal feelings and promoting hatred and ill-will between different classes in society in a...
09:28 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Belgaum in North Karnataka is a town which is at the heart of a border dispute between Karnataka and Maharshtra and CNN-IBN's Veeraraghav found that the linguistic divide runs deep. ...
10:13 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Where do the major parties in Karnataka politics stand as the state prepares for the May 5 Assembly elections? Political commentator A Surya Prakash joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. How many seats congress and KJP can secure. Together they Cross half way mark? Asked by: PP Jain A. I expect Congress to get a majority on its own. Q. How much cast factor will impact...
05:51 PM, Apr 18, 2013
BSR Congress is an unknown entity in Indian politics and while in the records of the Election Commission it is a registered party, it is not recognised. Yet senior leaders of both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi are asking what impact this small outfit and two bigger regional parties will make in Karnataka Assembly elections as polling takes place on May 5. Results, which...
03:23 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: An estimated 2,295 candidates have entered the fray for the May 5 Assembly polls in Karnataka, as the process of filing nominations ended on Wednesday. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar (Hubli-Dharwad Central) was among those who filed nominations on the last day. As many as 586 nominations were received so far on Wednesday, taking the cumulative number to 2,947, with independents accounting for the largest chunk at 1051, Karnataka Chief...
09:22 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Nomination papers for the Karnataka Assembly elections have been filed. The Congress is facing rebel trouble while the BJP and the JD(S) want to exploit this. The KJP is trying to fish in the troubled waters. So what's the actual ground situation? D P Satish, senior editor, CNN-IBN, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Will BSR Congress win a few seats? What may be the performance...
06:33 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Bangalore: In the battle for Karnataka, Congress, the party with the upper hand, is facing problems like never before. Ambarish has been a Lok Sabha member, a union minister and is now the chosen one for the Mandya Assembly seat. Rebel star Ambarish, as he is known in film circles, has been rebelling in real life though. He refused to file his nomination on Monday, angry that the Congress did...
10:28 AM, Apr 17, 2013
If you want to know how to complicate an easy thing, you better ask the Congress high command in New Delhi. Karnataka voters were strongly in favour of the Congress just a month ago. Urban local body results also proved that Congress was on the upswing. Sensing certain victory, all kinds of people started lobbying for Congress tickets and the so called high command in Delhi started behaving in a...
07:10 PM, Apr 16, 2013
The Karnataka Assembly polls are an acid test not just for the incumbent BJP but also for the Congress which has bitter memories of losing the state elections when everything was going in their favour. Dr Mahendra S Kanthi, Professor, International Economics, SVSU Michigan, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Who will win this Election? BJP or Congress? Who will be the CM if Congress wins?...
06:18 PM, Apr 16, 2013
