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The old war horse from Mandya has said that he would not be contesting the elections. While he cited health reasons for his decision, sources say that he was upset with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and hence decided to stay away from the battle.
Rebel star Ambareesh has been given a ticket to contest from Mandya, but is he is not happy. He has been sulking ever since the election process has been set into motion and has several demands before he agrees to file his nomination papers.
The battle in Mandya is turning out to be an interesting one. In fact, it has all the theatrics required with rebel star Ambareesh keeping all guessing. At first, he had indicated that he would not be contesting the elections owing to health reasons.
Bengaluru, Oct 17: The Cauvery Technical Committee on Monday submitted its report to the Supreme Court. The committee said that the Government of Karnataka has declared 42 out of the 48 talukas under the Cauvery basin as drought affected based on the guidelines of the Central government. Plight of the farmers in both the states has been witnessed by the Committee.
Bengaluru, Sept 15: The Karnataka Railway police says that all trains in the state are running as per schedule. There is no cause for panic, the police also say.Security is high at the railway stations especially at Mandya as pro-Kannada activists plan to stage a rail roko to protest the Cauvery Waters verdict in which Karnataka was asked to release water to Tamil Nadu. In Mandya several protestors who tried to stage the rail rokho were detained by the police.
Bengaluru, Sept 6: The Cauvery Horata Samithi has called for a bandh in Mandya, Karnataka to protest the decision of the Supreme Court which ordered the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
The Supreme Court on Monday had directed Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for ten days. The court also ordered the supervisory committee to decide on the issue relating to the release of water during this period of ten days.
Several members of the Karnataka Congress have complained to Sonia Gandhi against Kannada actress turned politician Ramya. In the complaint it has been alleged that she is never at her constituency.
The complaint states that she has been missing from her Constituency (Mandya) for several months now and hence action be initiated against her. In a strongly worded complaint several members of the Congress have said that Ramya does not care for the people of her constituency and hence she should not be allowed to continue in politics.
The thumping victory for the Congress in the byelections has renewed their hope of winning 25 seats in the forthcoming parliamentary elections. Although the expectations may be far fetched the Congress feels that there is a solid wave in their favour in the state and they could win big in 2014.
M H Ambareesh the rebel star of Karnataka has won the Mandya Assembly seat by a mammoth margin of 35000 votes. He overcame a rebellion by the S M Krishna faction to win the seat.
A list of constituencies which have placed on high alert have been drawn out by the Election Commission of India. These are the constituencies in which security is at its peak.
Koratagere- The constituency from where G Parameshwar Congress chief is contesting. He is desperate for a win as he is in the race for the post of Chief Minister. His chances are tough here, according to the available trends.
Varuna- The KJP will give Siddaramaiah, Congress leader and CM in waiting a tough fight. However it appears to be a Siddaramaiah victory as the people of the constituency woud prefer voting for a Chief Ministerial candidate.
