Karnataka Election 2023 Highlights: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hits out at PM for 'dig my grave' comment

While addressing a public meeting in T Narasipura, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a strong exception to PM Narendra Modi's comments that the opposition party wants to “dig his grave”.

Calling such statements "strange" and questioning as to whether it is an election issue as it is being used during the campaigning, she called on the people of the state to ensure this election is not about Modi or any other leader, irrespective of their party. (PTI)

BJP leader and former Karnataka minister KS Eshwarappa said the party doesn't want "even a single Muslim vote," while speaking on the issue of religious conversion at a Veerashaiva-Lingayat meeting in Shivamogga yesterday, news agency ANI reported.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday campaigned in the Hubli-Dharwad West Assembly constituency ahead of the May 10 elections in the state. (ANI)

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will join the BJP's campaign in Karnataka for the upcoming state Assembly polls from Belagavi and Bagalkote districts starting Wednesday, sources said. He had tested COVID positive last week. He has recovered from the disease.

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A day after union home minister Amit Shah and BJP National president JP Nadda's roadshows, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi is now set to visit parts of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar, called the old Mysore region, which is a Vokkaliga heartland.

She is set to campaign for the party's candidates, hold a roadshow at Mysuru's K R Pete and also be a part of a women’s convention in Chamarajanagar district, a report said.

A meeting of top opposition leaders of around 19 parties for forging a joint front against the BJP will be held after the Karnataka assembly elections, Congress sources told news agency PTI. The leaders were to meet up by the end of April earlier. Sources said the meeting has been delayed because of the May 10 Karnataka assembly elections.

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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said the party will elect it's chief ministerial face for the Karnataka assembly elections based on the opinions of elected legislators and high command. "After the election, based on the opinions of Elected legislators and high command we will elect the Chief Minister," Kharge said in Chikkamagaluru.

Ahead of the upcoming elections, officials in Karnataka have seized and recovered cash worth ₹83.4 crore, over 15 lakh litres of liquor worth ₹57 crore and 1,176.92 kgs of drugs/narcotics worth ₹16.5 crore till April 24, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said. (ANI)

BJP president JP Nadda accused former Karnataka chief ministers Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy of putting a stop to central schemes in Karnataka. He made the remark during a roadshow at Sidlaghatta in Chikkaballapur district. 

"Governments of former CMs Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy created bottlenecks in a bid to stop implementation of the schemes of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. Schemes like PM Yashasvi Scheme and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi were stopped. Earlier, Siddaramaiah's government also did the same thing," said Nadda.

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Of the total 2,613 candidates that are in the poll fray in Karnataka, 2,427 are male, 184 are females and two others.

The deadline for withdrawal of candidatures was Monday. A total of 517 candidates have withdrawn their candidature.

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