New Delhi: Elections to the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Meeting will likely be held on 10 Could, and outcomes counted on 13 Could, the Election Fee of India introduced Wednesday.
The Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) got here to energy in 2019, following the collapse of the coalition authorities of the Congress and the JD(S) – shaped after the 2018 state polls.
A number of insurgent MLAs from the Congress-JD(S) alliance then switched camp to BJP, and received by-elections from the social gathering platform.
The BJP at current has practically 120 MLAs within the Meeting, whereas the Congress has 70-odd and the JD(S) 28.
Throughout its four-year tenure, the BJP modified chief ministers as soon as – B.S. Yediyurappa resigned in July 2021 and was changed by Basavaraj Bommai.
The BJP’s reign has been beset with corruption costs, the most recent being that of bribery in opposition to its Channagiri legislator Madal Virupakshappa, who was arrested earlier this week.
His son Prashanth, an administrative companies officer, was arrested by the state Lokayukta on 3 March whereas accepting a bribe of Rs 40 lakh from a non-public contractor. It’s alleged Prashanth was receiving the bribe on behalf of his father.
The Congress launched its first record of 124 candidates this week, with former chief minister Siddaramaiah contesting this time from Varuna, Mysuru. The 75-year-old is at the moment an MLA from Badami.
Different important candidates on that record are state unit chief D.Okay. Shivakumar, former Union minister and seven-time MP Okay.H. Muniyappa, and H. Nagesh, a former minister in B.S. Yediyurappa’s cupboard, who joined the Congress in January.
There’s additionally Shyamnur Shivashankarappa from Davangere south, a 91-year-old Lingayat chief whose help the social gathering seeks to consolidate Lingayat voters.
Then again, the JD-S has launched an inventory of 93 candidates.
The BJP will start the method of selecting candidates within the coming days, Chief Minister Bommai stated Monday. He stated the BJP’s ballot manifesto will likely be “praja pranalike” (a individuals’s manifesto).
The BJP has set a goal of successful at the least 150 of the entire 224 seats.
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