‘ CONFIDENT’ BJP TO PLAY NE FORMULA IN K’TAKA!

Karnataka elections on May 10

Moni Sharma

New Delhi: The Karnataka Assembly election is scheduled to be held on May 10 and the results will be announced on May 13, said the Election Commission of India on Wednesday. The election will be held for all 224 assembly constituencies. The election Model Code of conduct will be implemented from Wednesday. The Congress party announced its first list of 124 candidates on March 25. Siddaramaiah said this would be his last election and after this, he will stay away from electoral politics.

Attributing BJP success in North East and charisma of Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah had recently said that “Modi magic” would work everywhere in India and predicted it would in Karnataka as well.

Rahul ready with plea to challenge his conviction

The party’s top legal advisors will file a petition before the Surat sessions court in a day or two New Delhi (FIB): A petition challenging Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and sentencing by a trial court in Surat in a defamation case is ready and is likely to be filed very soon, sources said on Wednesday.

The party’s top legal advisors are working on the review petition which will be filed before the Surat sessions court in a day or two, they added. Gandhi was convicted and was given a two-year sentence in the 2019 defamation case over his remarks

K’TAKA HAS 17,000 VOTERS WHO ARE OLDER THAN STATE

Karnataka has the highestever number of voters above the age of 100. The poll body had earlier introduced facility to Vote-fromHome (VFH) for 80+ & those with disabilities. CEC said secrecy will be maintained and entire process will be videographed.

Amritpal posts video amid news of his surrender

Karnataka has 12.15 lakh voters who are 80-plus, including 16,976 centenarian voters. Also, there are 5.55 lakh persons with disabilities registered with the Election Commission.

—Rajiv Kumar, CEC

EC ‘NOT IN A HURRY’ FOR THE WAYANAD SEAT BY-ELECTION

EC said there was no hurry to declare byelection to Wayanad LS seat. CEC Rajiv Kumar said poll panel has taken decisions on vacancies that have occurred till Feb, adding, trial court in Surat has given Rahul Gandhi 30 days to seek a judicial remedy the matter.