Info for voters of Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC) Constituency – MLA, Candidates, Voting and more

by May 11, 2018 Governance

Incumbent MLA

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Abbayya Prasad in the news

  • June 19, 2015 : ಈ ಮೊತ್ತ ಫಲಾನುಭವಿಗಳಿಗೆ ‘ಭಾರ’ ಆಗಬಹುದು ಎಂಬ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಶಾಸಕ (ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ– ಧಾರವಾಡ ಪೂರ್ವ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ) ಪ್ರಸಾದ್‌ ಅಬಯ್ಯ ಅವರು ಅಂದಾಜು ವೆಚ್ಚವನ್ನು ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಕಡಿಮೆಗೊಳಿಸುವ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ­ಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಮಾತುಕತೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಿದ ಬಳಿಕ ಈ ಮೊತ್ತವನ್ನು ₨ 3.20 ಲಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಕಡಿಮೆ­ಗೊಳಿಸಿ ನಿಗದಿಪಡಿಸಲು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿ­ಸಲಾ­ಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಪಾಲಿಕೆಯ ಆಶ್ರಯ­ಯೋಜನೆ ವಿಭಾಗದ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.
  • Aug 21, 2015 : Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday in the wake of a report about his role the cricket betting scandal in a Kannada daily, Hubballi-Dharwad (East) MLA Abbayya termed the allegation “baseless”.
  • Jan 17, 2018 : ಇದುವರೆಗೆ ಸುಮಾರು 150 ಕೋಟಿ ಅನುದಾನವನ್ನು ತಂದು, ಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ಅಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಜನಪರ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ ಕುಟುಂಬ ರಾಜಕಾರಣ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಈ ಬಾರಿ ಹಿನ್ನಡೆ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಬೆಟ್ಟಿಂಗ್ ರಿಯಲ್ ಎಸ್ಟೇಟ್ ದಂಧೆಗಳ ಗಲಾಟೆ ಅವುಗಳು ಪ್ರಬಲವಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಅಡ್ಡಪರಿಣಾಮ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ಅಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ ಗೆಲುವಿಗೆ ಮಾರಕವಾಗಬಹುದು.
  • ಬೆಳಗಾವಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದ ನವೆಂಬರ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಅಧಿವೇಶನಕ್ಕೆ ಹಾಜರಾಗಿದ್ದ  ಶಾಸಕರು(ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆ ಸದಸ್ಯರು) ಅದೇ ದಿನಗಳಂದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಶಾಸಕರ ಭವನದಲ್ಲಿನ ಕಾರುಗಳನ್ನೂ ಬಳಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

Candidates

Prasad Abbayya    INC

  • 12th Pass    
  • Age: 49
  • Assets:3 Crore+   
  • Liabilities: 64 Lacs+

Chandrashekhar Gokak    BJP

  • Cases: 2    
  • Graduate    
  • Age: 54
  • Assets: 34 Lacs+    
  • Liabilities: 21 Lacs+

Full list of candidates

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Previous Results            

2013

Candidate

Sex

Party

Votes

Age

1

ABBAYYA PRASAD

M

INC

42353

44

2

VEERABHADRAPPA HALAHARAVI

M

BJP

28831

49

3

BIJAWAD SHANKARAPPA KASHAPPA

M

KJP

26312

55

 

2008

Candidate

Sex

Party

Votes

Age

1

VEERABHADRAPPA HALAHARAVI

M

BJP

41029

44

2

F.H. JAKKAPPANAVAR

M

INC

28861

57

3

HIREKERUR SHIVU YALLAPPA

M

JD(S)

12667

46

 

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