JD-S to maintain equidistance from BJP, Cong in 2014 LS polls

Bangalore, Oct 25: The party would contest all the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka and one seat in Kerala, Deve Gowda (In pic) said.

Former Prime Minister and JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda today said the party would maintain equidistance from BJP and Congress in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and supported the initiative taken by Left parties to form a future political combination.

"In the coming Lok Sabha elections, JD-S will keep equidistance from both BJP and Congress," he told reporters after the party's National Executive Committee meeting here.

Gowda said the United Progressive Alliance and National Democratic Alliance have created "an atmosphere of uneasiness" for the future Prime Minister to bring the administration back on proper track.

"People are fed up with Congress. What happened in Assam? How many people were displaced? What is happening in Andhra Pradesh? The state is gripped in tremendous tension over Telangana," he said.

The party would contest all the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka and one seat in Kerala, Gowda said.

Gowda said his party was already in alliance with Left parties who were initiating moves for a future political combination.

"Mamata (Banerjee) has said she would not support Narendra Modi. Jayalalitha has said she is with the Left, and I am with the Left too. This is not something new to me," he said. Gowda also declared that he was not aspiring for any job at New Delhi.

He also said the party was aware of differences in various regional parties but they are together on issues of secularism and corruption.

Earlier, the meeting appealed to the Gowda to play more role in national politics to bring together the non-Congress and non-BJP political parties.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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