Bypolls to six Assembly seats that fell vacant following the disqualification of six rebel Congress MLAs including Chaitanya Sharma will be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections on June 1.
Amidst polling in the state in the phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections, Karnataka’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Friday said a case has been booked against BJP’s sitting MP and Bangalore South candidate Tejasvi Surya for “posting a video in X (formerly Twitter) handle and soliciting votes on the ground of religion.”
Harish Janartha alleges BJP’s pressure behind the resignations by the trio, who have moved the court saying the speaker has not accepted their resignations.
Noida/Ghaziabad: To boost voter turnout, various organisations in Noida and Ghaziabad have offered incentives to those who exercise their right to vot.