Bengaluru, May 12 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday alleged that there was internal conflict between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar over the conduct of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) elections. He made the statement while speaking to the media in Bengaluru.Commenting on reports that the state government was attempting to postpone the GBA elections, Kumaraswamy claim…
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New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Union Minister for Food and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi has strongly criticised the Karnataka Congress-led government for insisting on using ballot papers for local body elections, calling it a tragedy and a matter of shame.He said Karnataka was a pioneer of the EVM revolution, but the Congress-led state government is now acting as an obstacle to progress.Joshi said the State Election Commission’s decision to conduct local body elections using ballot papers ins…
Bengaluru, Jan 19 (IANS) The Karnataka State Election Commission (SEC) has announced that ballot papers will be used instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the Bengaluru civic polls, and the elections will be held after May 25.Karnataka State Election Commissioner G.S. Sangreshi made the announcement on Monday at a press conference after releasing the draft voters’ list for elections in the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) limits.“Civic polls to the five newly formed municipal corp…