In Karnataka, the Election Model of Conduct is enforced all over the state and Flying Squad teams have seized cash worth over 40 crore rupees and booked 553 cases so far.
The state-owned Mysore Paints and Varnish company has supplied one lakh 32 thousand vials of indelible ink for the forthcoming assembly election. Each vial contains 10 ml of indelible ink and can be used to mark the fingers of 800 voters.
BJP national President Amit Shah is campaigning in Bagalkote and Vijayapura. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will begin his state wide campaign from Belagavi and JD(S) state President H D Kumaraswamy will campaign in Chintamani today. Union Defence minister Nirmala Sitaraman will inaugurate Mahila Jagruthi interaction programme in Bengaluru today.
On Friday (April 27), A BJP delegation led by Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi met the Election Commission in New Delhi and demanded free and fair elections in Karnataka. They submitted a list of officials to the Election Commission, including the Commissioner of Bengaluru, “who are interfering in fair conduct of polls”.
Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw
