ELECTIONS

Incumbent MLA and INC candidate for Pulakeshinagar constituency, Akhanda Srinivas Murthy, won by a margin of nearly 50% last time. Despite shifting loyalties and getting inducted into the party only in March, Murthy is confident of repeating the same performance. He was in the eye of the storm for cross-voting with seven other former JD(S) leaders in favor of INC leader KC Ramamurthy. Amidst the hustle and bustle of campaigning, he sat down with Citizen Matters for a chat at his home. DJ Halli area was in news for deaths of children due to malnutrition. What steps have been taken…

The Chunavana Android App is developed by the CEO of Karnataka after assessing the need of the public through a specialized KAP Survey is available for the public download now in the Google Play Store. The survey report revealed that out of the people who did not vote 25% was because they were not aware of their polling stations, 17.5 % of the urban voters did not vote because of long queue and avoided standing in the queue and 7.5 % of the urban voters did not vote because they are unaware of their candidates and the constituencies. The Chunavana…

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is contesting in a few seats in Bengaluru, in which K R Puram is one. Lingaraj Urs has been campaigning hard to gain ground to take on the incumbent Basavaraj Byrathi. Here are the excerpts of an interview with him. You are a first time candidate in the Assembly elections and the people of K R Puram don't know much about you. Tell us a bit about your experience in public service and administration. I think I'll go back a little in time, to the roots of my career. I spent 30 years in IT and…

Political parties come up with their manifestos for every election, promising to solve issues and do progressive things that will help people at large. Here's the list of manifestos from various political parties, for Bengaluru and the state. Indian National Congress (INC) Manifesto for Bengaluru Region (released on April 28, 2018): The highlight for Bengaluru is the mention of pitching Bengaluru region as a second capital for the country. [embeddoc url="https://citizenmatters.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Regional_INC-Manifesto_260418.pdf" download="all"] Indian National Congress (INC) Manifesto for Karnataka State (released on April 28, 2018): [embeddoc url="https://citizenmatters.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/INC_Manifesto_State_2018.pdf" download="all"] Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State Manifesto (released on May 3, 2018) [embeddoc…

If you are one among the 5 lakh voters of Mahadevapura, this is what you need to know! Background information Find your constituency Understand the role of the MLA Learn all you can about the candidates: see below Locate your voting booth: TBD How to cast your vote: TBD Candidates share their vision and action plan https://citizenmatters.in/candidate-debate-mahadevapura-bangalore-karnataka-elections-2018-24394 Incumbent MLA Profile and Track Record What did Mahadevapura MLA Aravind Limbavali do in the Karnataka Assembly in his 2nd term? How did Aravind Limbavali spend his Local Area Development (LAD) funds? Tracking Aravind Limbavali in the news Interview: TBD Performance evaluation from…

On 29th April 2018, less than two weeks before the Assembly elections, Million Voter Rising, a citizen group of changemakers from Mahadevapura constituency in Bengaluru, organised an interaction with some key candidates set to contest in the elections in their constituency. This included: Aravinda Limbavali - Incumbent MLA (BJP) Bhaskar Prasad (AAP) Ramesh Chander (Swarajya Party) K Sathish (JDS) A C Srinivas (INC) The opening session saw a brief presentation on the status of Mahadevapura and candidate introductions - with a general background of all the candidates, comparative statistics of their assets and the criminal cases against them. The organisers…

BTM Layout has a new candidate this year, who is out to make a dent in the vote share of major parties. Two budding journalists, Shravya Sharath and Gauri Mullerpatten, spoke to him on behalf of Citizen Matters, to understand his pitch and views on various issues. Excerpts: You are a first time candidate in the Assembly elections. People of BTM don’t really know much about you. So could you give us a brief about your background? Absolutely! It’s not that people of BTM don’t know me. I’ve been here all my life - I live this area. I’ve been…

Amid a busy day meant for campaigning, Sureshkumar took time to meet us during a break. He is one of the MLAs in Bengaluru who are in touch with people and socially active. Being a senior member of the Opposition, he has been actively raising issues related to Bengaluru and the State in the Assembly, seeking solutions from the Government. He spoke about his work, party's policies and more in the interview. Edited excerpts: What have you been able to achieve as an MLA in the last five years? As a true representative of the people from Rajajinagar, I have…

Having had my voter id "vanish" (from Richmond Town,where I had voted earlier), I had applied afresh...online, and twice gave my photograph and Aadhar details to people who were vetted by our residents' association and were supposed to be genuine information collectors. Finally, this morning, I went to the BBMP office where I was supposed to check on the arrival of the Voter Id card. The office that I had visited before (J P Nagar 2nd Phase) was wide open...and deserted on the first floor, with all the steel cupboards open with several files inside. and locked on the ground…

Women’s groups in Bengaluru, representatives from various political parties, Bangalore Ladies Circle and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Ladies Organisation (FICCI FLO), came together to discuss representation in politics for women and women's issues. (WO)Manifesto, brainchild of Shruti Modi Kaura saw attendance by women from all walks of life at the TERI Institute on April 24. Shruti, once the Chairperson of Bangalore Ladies Circle 31, was only acting on her inclination to lead change when she went door-to-door asking for a seat in major parties. Soon, she realized there was no question of entering politics due to the…