Why did 11 villages in Karnataka’s Belagavi boycott the Lok Sabha polls?
The villagers refrained from voting to register their protest against the Forest Department for hindering development works in their villages.
Politics
Belagavi set to script history with 57 candidates in fray, EC to use ballot units
Belagavi is going to polls with 8,256 ballot units, 2,054 polling booths, 17,49,005 voters, and 57 candidates.
Dakshina Kannada elections: 13 MP candidates face off in sensitive constituency
The constituency has been a sensitive one, vulnerable to violence and rowdyism, and parts of it — especially Mangalore city commissionerate limits have been identified as critical.
Nalin Kumar Kateel, Dakshina Kannada: Two-time MP’s popularity on the decline
Kateel was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 2009, upon defeating Congress representative Janardhan Poojary by 40,420 votes.
Denied basic necessities for 20 yrs, Kodagu tribe to boycott polls
The residents of Maadu Hati in Kodagu say they have no proper drinking water or sanitation facilities.
Police arrest man who shared viral ‘encounter Janardhan Poojary’ audio clip last year
Upset with Poojary lending support to the Ram Mandir, Hakeen Puttur had shared an audio clip calling for the leader to be ‘encountered and killed’ in December 2018.