Siddaramaiah campaigns for Shivamogga JD(S) candidate Madhu Bangarappa in Byndoor

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October 26, 2018

Byndoor, Oct 26: Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Thursday campaigned for the coalition candidate Madhu Bangarappa of Janata Dal (Secular) for bypolls to Shivamogga parliamentary seat.

Addressing a campaign meet at Nagur in Byndoor Assembly constituency, which comes under Shivamogga parliamentary seat, he said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government has neglected farmers and was only serving the corporate class.

Mr Siddaramaiah said that when he was the Chief Minister, he had waived farm loans from cooperative societies to the tune of Rs. 8,165 crore. Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has decided to waive loans worth Rs. 48,000 crore. But in spite of several requests, the Union government has not waived any loans of farmers. It has only conveniently waived debts of the corporate sector to the tune of Rs. 2,38,000 crore.

He said that the Prime Minister had assured to bring black money stashed in foreign accounts to the country. But so far, nothing has come back. Instead, wilful defaulters such as Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi have been allowed to leave the country. Rafale deal was the biggest scam with regard to Defence matters in the history of the country, he said.

Mr. Siddaramaiah said the BJP was only interested in fanning communal tension and was portraying itself as the sole custodian of Hinduism.

“Am I not a Hindu? But can you fill the stomach of poor people only in the name of Hindutva or stoking religious passions,” he questioned. Both B.S. Yeddyurappa, MP for Shivamogga for the last four-and-a-half years, and before that his son B.S. Raghavendra, MP for five years, had failed to bring a single development project, he said.

Later, speaking to presspersons, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the tie-up with JD(S) will continue for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls also.

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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 An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.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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