Karnataka Election LIVE Updates: PM Modi’s two-day tour begins from Bidar today, will later hold a 5-km roadshow in Bengaluru

Address the public meeting at 11 am. After the meeting, he will fly to Vijayapura where he will address a public meeting at 1 pm. After this he will go to Kudachi in Belagavi district where he will address the people around 2.45 pm. Later, Modi will fly to Bengaluru in the evening to hold a roadshow in Bengaluru North.

On the second day of his visit, after staying in Bengaluru, he will fly from Raj Bhavan to Kolar on Sunday morning, where he will address a public meeting at 11.30 am. From Kolar, the Prime Minister will fly to Channapatna in Ramanagara district to address a public meeting at 1.30 pm. Modi will then head to the temple town of Belur in Hassan district where he will address the people at 3.45 pm. The Prime Minister’s next destination will be Mysore the same evening, where he will hold a roadshow. After the program, he will fly from Mysore to Delhi in a special aircraft.

This is Modi’s ninth visit to the poll-bound state of Karnataka this year since February, which will go to polls on 224 seats on May 10.

Apart from Prime Minister Modi, senior BJP leaders Amit Shah, JP Nadda and Rajnath Singh will also campaign for the party in Karnataka today.

Amit Shah will hold a roadshow from Sri Chowdeshwari Temple to General KS Thimayya Circle in Madikeri at 11:30 am. He will also address a public meeting at 2 pm at Green Valley Ground, Katpadi, Udupi.

Apart from this, Rajnath Singh will address a public meeting at Krishnaraja at 12:20 pm and another at Srirangapatna at 2:50 pm. The Defense Minister is scheduled to hold a roadshow at Basavanagudi (Bangalore) at 5.15 pm.

politics in karnataka

As polling draws closer, political fervor is heating up in Karnataka where elections to the 224-member assembly are to be held on May 10 and results will be declared on May 13.

During a media interaction in poll-bound Karnataka, BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal on Thursday night called Sonia Gandhi a ‘Vishkanya’, apparently reacting to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a ‘poisonous snake’.

Though Karge apologized for his remarks following a reaction from the Congress, the old party hit out at the BJP over its leader’s statement and demanded his expulsion from the party and asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi would condone such name-calling. give approval. The party also asked Prime Minister Modi to apologize to Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi.

Election campaigning in Karnataka saw a bitter war of words between the BJP and the Congress, with both the parties reaching out to the Election Commission on Friday demanding a ban on campaigning by top leaders of the other side.

While the BJP demanded an FIR and a ban on campaigning by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress demanded a ban on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The Congress has been accusing Shah and Yogi of inciting communal feelings and creating disharmony in the poll-bound state with their statements against minorities.

When is the 2023 Karnataka assembly election result date?

Karnataka’s votes will be counted and results will be declared on May 13, 2023.

How many seats are there in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and how many are needed for a majority?

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has a total of 224 seats and a party needs 113 seats for a majority.

Who won the 2018 Karnataka election?

The 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections were held on 12 May 2018. In the 2018 Karnataka election results, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 104 seats but failed to cross the majority mark of 112 in the 224-member assembly, with the Congress coming second with 78 seats. And JDS came third with 38 seats. Both Congress and JD(S) have decided to come together to form a coalition government.

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