Karnataka Election 2023 LIVE Updates: After complaint against Annamalai, BJP claims Congress has gone into panic mode

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Yediyurappa guarantees that Jagadish Shetter will not win from Hubballi,   

According to BJP leader BS Yediyurappa, he "will give it in writing with blood that Jagadish Shetter will not win from" Hubballi on Wednesday. Jagadish Shettar, who is now a leader in the Congress, is running for the Karnataka's Hubli-Dharwad Central Assembly seat.

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BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi was mocked by MP CM and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan as he was campaigning for BJP in Belagavi, Karnataka. He said: “He (Rahul Gandhi) is 50 years old but his mental age is 5…when the court sentenced him, he blaming PM Modi for it. He doesn’t know what to speak…is he capable of giving promises?”

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Kannada actor Kiccha Sudeep campaigns for BJP in Chitradurga 

In Chitradurga, Kannada actor Kiccha Sudeep participated in a campaign for S Thippeswamy, a Bharat Janata Party candidate for the Molakalmuru Assembly constituency.

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After complaint against Annamalai, BJP claims Congress has gone into panic mode

The Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai was the target of a complaint made to the State Chief Electoral Officer by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. A BJP spokesperson claimed that the Grand Old Party appeared to have "gone in panic mode" after this.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has filed a complaint with the State Chief Electoral Officer, requesting that Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai be subjected to suitable punishment for "exerting influence" over state election officials.

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Jairam Ramesh slams Amit Shah's remarks on Karnataka polls

Asserting that riots will break out in Karnataka if the grand old party wins the poll, Home Minister Amit Shah was accused by the Congress on Wednesday of making a "brazenly intimidatory statement" and of "issuing threats" during the election campaign.

The growth of the state, according to Shah, will be in "reverse gear" if the Congress establishes the government, he said in a speech to the public on Tuesday in the Belagavi district of Karnataka.

"If the Congress comes to power, dynastic politics will be at an all-time high and Karnataka will be afflicted with riots," the home minister had said.

Hitting back at Shah, Congress general secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh said, "This is a brazenly intimidatory statement. The Union Home Minister having allegiance to an organisation banned by India's very first Home Minister is now issuing threats during an election campaign when staring at certain defeat."

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Congress files complaint against Tamil Nadu BJP chief

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has filed a complaint with the State Chief Electoral Officer, requesting that Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai be subjected to suitable punishment for "exerting influence" over state election officials.

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Yogi Adityanath to address four rallies in Karnataka today

Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, will visit the Gowda stronghold of Mandya and address a public gathering there as well as in Vijayapura.
For the 2019 Karnataka elections, this is the UP CM's first visit. The BJP believes that Yogi might assist the party in stealing a substantial portion of Vokkaliga votes away from the JDS and Congress.

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BJP and Karnataka CM Bommai committed sin by staying own reservation, says Congress MP

Congress MP Randeep Surjewala said that the BJP administration has broken the law by delaying its own reservation decree until 27 March 2023.

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'I have no power to decide...': Eshwarappa denies pitching for CT Ravi as Karnataka CM

Former state minister and prominent party figure KS Eshwarappa on Tuesday denied making any remarks to the effect that he was endorsing BJP national general secretary CT Ravi as the "next" chief minister of Karnataka amid allegations to that effect. 
The senior BJP official said CT Ravi is a "good leader" but that choosing the CM face is outside of his purview. He had already expressed his desire to leave electoral politics.
He continued by saying that he lacks the power to select the party's chief ministerial nominee.
However, he asserted that CT Ravi, a well-known leader from the Vokkaliga group, with all the necessary skills to succeed him as the state's next chief minister.

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There is strong wave of BJP in Karnataka, says CM Bommai ahead of Assembly polls

Basavaraja Bommai, the chief minister of Karnataka, claimed on Tuesday that there is a significant BJP wave in the state ahead of the assembly elections. 
After today's meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, he spoke with the media.
Ahead of the state elections on May 10th, Bommai conducted a campaign stop on Tuesday in the Hubli-Dharwad West Assembly seat. Jagadish Shettar is running from the Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency, which he has won several times. He joined the Congress after quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Amit Shah, the minister of state for the interior, claimed on Tuesday that Shettar, a traitor, "will lose the election" and that Hubbali has consistently supported the BJP.