After the States Reorganisation Act, which renamed Mysore State as Karnataka in 1973, the state has had only 72 women MLAs out of 10,080 in the last 45 years
While the BJP is anticipating a second term for Roopali Naik from this coastal town in the May 10 state polls, the Congress has fielded Satish Krishna Sail. But the opposition party may face some trouble as the votes could be split by the JD(S) and AAP, who have fielded candidates from here
While former minister and MLA Aravind Limbavali s wife Manjula Arvind Limbavali has got the ticket for the Mahadevapura constituency, the party has fielded Katta Jagadish, son of former minister Katta Subramanya Naidu from Hebbal.
Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) [India], May 31 (ANI): Karnataka's Karwar MLA Roopali Naik on Monday informed that two oxygen plants will be set up in Uttara Kannada district, one of which will be set up in the legislative assembly constituency within a week.