The decision of former CM BS Yeddyurappa to remain away from poll campaigning in the Udupi-Chikmagalur Loksabha constituency, has set off speculations.
BJP workers have been accused of attacking four Congress workers who were engaged in a campaign in favour of the party candidate in a vehicle close by Goliangady junction near Shankernarayana on March 12, Monday. Congress workers Pradeep Mogaveera, Dinesh, Lakshmikanth and Raja have been injured in the attack.
The Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike has called upon the electorate of the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency to support a secular candidate in the ensuing election and thus defeat the BJP candidate, whom it described as anti-Dalit and anti-farmer.
Karkala MLA Gopal Bhandari has alleged that the BJP which feared a defeat in the Udupi-Chikmagalur LS elections has entered into a secret pact with the JD(S).
KPCC President G Parameshwar has demanded that the state government made its stand clear on the Lokayukta report on mines irregularities.
The Udupi Railway Yatri Sangha has threatened to boycott the ensuing elections to the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency if its demands regarding the railway needs of the region were left unfulfilled.
BK Hariprasad, AICC General Secretary and former MP has said that the state government has hushed up as many as eight cases including the mysterious death of Udupi MLA’s wife Padmapriya, the Halappa and Renukacharya episodes, Malpe rave party case and Bellary councilor Padmavathi death case.
Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily has said that the people of the state were disillusioned with the constant tug of war for power between the former CM Yeddyurappa and sitting CM Sadananda Gowda.
In an unprecedented development, the mayoral post of the Mangalore City Corporation went to Gulzar Banu of the Congress on March 7, Wednesday, despite the BJP enjoying a majority in the House. Then what actually went wrong for the BJP whose candidate Roopa D Bangera’s nomination was rejected by the returning officer ? According to reports, the lackadaisical attitude of the BJP’s legal adviser Monappa Bhandari finally cost the Mayoral berth for the BJP, to the advantage of the Congress.
Senior Congress leader and former union minister B Janardhan Poojari has said that the state government has rendered the police department completely inactive resulting in an anarchy like situation in the state. He was referring to the recent scuffle between media men and advocates in Bangalore, resulting in the latter going on rampage.