MCC calls for 48-hour ‘silence period’ before elections, but rules are hazy on social media or speeches outside ‘polling area’. It’s a loophole PM seems have leveraged many times.
Two of ten exit polls predict BJP win & five, which say Congress will emerge as single largest party, hint at possibility of Karnataka heading towards hung assembly.
Letter to EC follows show cause notice by poll body to Congress for its '40% commission sarkara' campaign, which purportedly targeted BJP ahead of 10 May Karnataka assembly elections.
Controversy stirred up a hornet's nest for Congress, with BJP launching blistering attack on rival. Modi even claimed that opposition party wanted to 'lock up' devotees of Hanuman.
Bajrang Dal, which Congress promised to 'ban' if voted to power, has presence in coastal Karnataka. In Bengaluru, the issue may not be a 'game-changer', but could neutralise anti-incumbency.
BJP, which won 16 of 19 seats in coastal Karnataka in 2018, has dropped many of its sitting MLAs. Modi’s brand of Hindutva & development has wide appeal in coastal & Malnad districts.
Bajrang Dal, which Congress promised to 'ban' if voted to power, has presence in coastal Karnataka. The issue, though not a 'game-changer' will likely neutralise anti-incumbency in state.
Amid rumours of rivalry, Congress veterans Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar discuss each other's health, a near-miss, and the party's poll promises for Karnataka.
BJP’s north Bengaluru MP and former Vokkaliga CM of poll-bound Karnataka says he is confident party will achieve absolute majority and win 130 of the 224 assembly seats.
The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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