Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting EVMs and other polling materials ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections at Maharani Cluster University in Bengaluru on May 9, 2023. Voting will be held on May 10, 2023.
1. After several days of frenzied campaigning, today is a day of relative calm ahead of the vote on May 10. Candidates today can only campaign door-to-door in small groups, unlike roadshows and rallies, which last for about a month. Of election campaign. The high-decibel campaign saw much mudslinging and rhetoric from all sides, and complaints were made to the Election Commission, which has served Notice to both Congress and BJP,
2. There is close monitoring ahead of the election, as the last two days are notorious for inducements by political parties and candidates. For example, in a cinema-style midnight operation, Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Yashwant Gurukar chased and caught BJP workers distributing money among voters,
3. The Election Commission of India is busy with preparations for the last day of the mammoth voting process. The polling process is going on at all polling stations with tight security arrangements.
4. Concerned candidates and party leaders visiting temples. This morning, KPCC president DK Shivakumar went to the Anjaneya temple in KR Market, while BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje was at the Prasannajanneya temple in Mahalaxmi Layout along with party candidate Gopalaiah and others.