Karnataka Election 2023 LIVE: BJP Leaders Fail to Finalise Candidates List; Next Meeting on Tuesday

CM Bommai hit out at Congress leader Siddaramaiah for “indulging in false propaganda” regarding jobs in the State.

Siddaramaiah today tweeted, “Our youth are being deprived of jobs due to 40% corruption of state @BJP4Karnataka government & language policy of Union @BJP4India government. This has increased unemployment rate & destroyed the future of our youth. Double engine govt has failed our candidates.”

Retaliating to the Congress leader’s remark, Bommai tweeted, “The @BJP4Karnataka government has provided 55 lakhs job in last 4 yrs as per FICCI & EPFO. National average for unemployment is 4.1% while that in Karnataka is just 2.1%, almost half of the national average. @siddaramaiah pls check your facts before indulging in false propaganda.”

The Election Commission has announced the schedule of the Karnataka Assembly elections, and the tussle for power is at an all-time high. The ruling BJP is actively seeking to break a forty-year-old jinx where no political party has been reelected for a second term. READ MORE

Bommai has said that the Congress didn’t have suitable candidates in about 60 seats and the party would lose badly in the May 10 Assembly polls, performing worse than last time.

After two hours of brainstorming at the residence of BJP President J.P. Nadda on Tuesday evening over the names of BJP candidates on certain seats for the May 10 Assembly elections in Karnataka, the saffron party will hold another round of meeting on Tuesday to finalise the list, IANS reported.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday held multiple rounds of meetings to finalise a list of its candidates for the Karnataka Assembly polls. However, it all went in vain as the leaders could not reach a consensus, sources said. READ MORE

JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda on Monday asserted that there is no question of his party going near to either the Congress or BJP, and announced that he will be touring various parts of the state for campaigning ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka.

The former Prime Minister said he will tour extensively in the party stronghold of Old Mysuru region and a couple of districts in northern parts of the state for campaigning.

The Congress on Monday petitioned the Election Commission seeking its intervention on rejection of the party advertisements and issuance of tenders worth a staggering Rs 16,000 crore by the BJP hours before the declaration of Karnataka Assembly elections.

The opposition party, which is seeking to wrest power from the BJP in the southern state, also demanded that certain officers in the poll panel who have completed more than six years, be transferred from Karnataka.

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said that the BJP will take care of BS Yediyurappa’s suggestions.

“BS Yediyurappa was there for three days in two meetings under the leadership of JP Nadda ji. He was also present at the Parliamentary board meeting. Whatever last-minute suggestions he gave, it has been noted and we’ll take care of it.”

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said the BJP will have a very systematic and scientific campaign in the state. “We had an in-depth discussion over all 224 constituencies. We also sat and discussed the roadmap for campaigning in the entire state and we got a blueprint ready. We’re going to have a very systematic and scientific campaign this time,” he said.

Congress leader Lavanya Ballal hit out at the BJP over Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) brand Nandini and said the party has done nothing for farmers.

It’s not just the Janata Dal (Secular) that is divided on the issue of who should be given the Hassan ticket but also the Deve Gowda household which is equally polarised. At the centre of this family feud is Bhavani Revanna, the JDS patriarch’s elder daughter-in-law who has been dead set on contesting from the Hassan seat, a decision that HD Kumaraswamy is against. READ MORE

In a big boost to its national ambitions, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday was officially recognized as the “national party” by the Election Commission.

The Nationalist Congress Party, Trinamool Congress and CPI lost the “national party” tag.  READ MORE

Ahead of Karnataka polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got national party status, the Election Commission announced.

Clearing the air over speculations of his entry into politics, Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep has said he will not be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but will campaign for the party in the Karnataka Assembly elections.

The actor extended his support to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai who he referred to as his “mama” (uncle). READ MORE

The campaign in Karnataka is in full swing for May 10 elections but the Congress high command is yet to decide the chief ministerial face that seemingly has become a battle of prestige for former CM Siddaramaiah and state unit chief DK Shivakumar. READ MORE

CM Bommai claimed that the BJP government has provided 55 lakhs jobs in the last 4 years in Karnataka as per FICCI and EPFO.

The ruling BJP has promised to include children of auto drivers in the Raitha Vidya Nidhi scheme if it comes back to power. It has also announced that it will provide educational assistance to the children of auto drivers. The JD(S) has promised a subsidy of Rs 2000 per month to auto drivers if the party is elected to power. READ MORE

CM Bommai has announced that he will be contesting from the Shiggaon constituency, ANI reported.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s event, which was supposed to take place on April 10 has been postponed further and now it will be held on April 16 at Kolar, Karnataka Congress unit president DK Shivakumar said on Saturday.

Taking a jibe at the BJP for not releasing its first list of candidates for Karnataka elections, Congress asked if it has the power to face elections.