Karnataka Assembly election: Campaigns begin in full force as Amit Shah, Siddaramaiah, HD Kumaraswamy hold rallies [Photos]
The Election Commission's announcement of the dates for the Karnataka Assembly elections on Tuesday has sparked alive an already electric poll environment in the Southern state
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The Election Commission's announcement of the dates for the Karnataka Assembly elections on Tuesday has sparked alive an already electric poll environment in the southern state. Amit Shah addresses the Navashakti Samavesh. PTI
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The EC on Tuesday announced a single-phase election for the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 12 May, with the counting of votes to be taken up on 15 May. Political parties welcomed the decision and said that they are "election ready", with all three players, Congress, BJP and JDS, claiming that they would come to power. JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy at a public rally. Revathi Rajeevan/News18
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Continuing BJP's bid to reach out to the prominent Lingayat community, party national president Amit Shah began his fourth leg of Karnataka visit with a visit to a prominent pontiff at Suttur Mutt in Mysuru. PTI
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Addressing the media, the BJP chief also condemned the "killing of BJP and RSS workers under the Congress rule". Revathi Rajeevan/News18
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who said he would contest in the Assembly elections from the Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru, also held a rally in Chamundeshwari. The BJP is making an all-out effort to unseat the Congress from the only big state where the grand old party is<br />in power. Revathi Rajeevan/News18
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JDS state president HD Kumaraswamy also held a rally in Nagamangala. Revathi Rajeevan/News18