The micro-blogging platform registered over 30 lakh tweets related to Karnataka assembly polls in the past three weeks, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) garnering 51 per cent of the share of voice, Twitter announced on Wednesday. Congress registered 42 per cent and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) seven per cent of mentions on Twitter in the April 25-May 15 period.[Read More…]
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Congress changes six names in final list for Karnataka polls
Bengaluru: Releasing the final list of candidates for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections, the ruling Congress on Sunday announced a change of candidates in six seats and selected nominees for five other seats. “The central election committee has changed the nominees in six seats and selected candidates for five other[Read More…]
Another Reddy brother in BJP’s third list for Karnataka polls
New Delhi/Bengaluru: The BJP on Friday released the third list of 59 candidates for the May 12 elections to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly, including Karunakar Reddy, one of the Reddy brothers from Harapanahalli in Ballari district. With this, the BJP has announced 213 candidates. The party had, in its second list[Read More…]
BJP releases second list of candidates for Karnataka polls
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its second list of 82 candidates for elections to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly. The names were finalised by the party’s Central Election Committee headed by party President Amit Shah and has Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister[Read More…]