Series: Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018

Volunteers from a citizen activist group, Million Voter Rising interviewed candidates contesting in the Karnataka Assembly elections from Mahadevapura constituency. Below is the transcript of the interview with Swaraj Party candidate Ramesh Chander: https://youtu.be/T8fzb0wNgkg Video courtesy: Sunil Gupta, Whitefield Rising. Your profile mentions that you are a humble person.  How will your humility help you in politics? People expect aggressive people to join politics.  Will you be successful with humility? With my friends and family, I am very humble.  I am also the head of the family after my father passed away.  My family has done very well wherever they…

Volunteers from a citizen activist group, Million Voter Rising interviewed candidates contesting in the Karnataka Assembly elections from Mahadevapura constituency. Below is the transcript of the interview with Indian National Congress candidate A C Srinivas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7068ItIxIw Video courtesy: Sunil Gupta, Whitefield Rising. Can you tell us a little about you and your family? I am the son of a school headmaster.  I was born in Chokkanahalli village of Bangalore.  I have studied B.Com. While serving in a Government job, based on encouragement from my village people to take up service of the society, I got elected as a member of…

If you are one among the lakhs of voters of Pulikeshi Nagar, this is what you need to know! Incumbent MLA: Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy R https://citizenmatters.in/pulakeshinagar-mla-akhanda-srinivas-murthybasavaraj-tracker-2013-2018-24120 Related Data: http://opencity.in/information/karnataka-election-candidate-profile-akhanda-srinivas-murthy-r  List of candidates, 2018 R. Akhanda Srinivas Murthy Constituency: Pulakeshinagar Party: Indian National Congress Family: Wife & 3 Dependents Educational Qualification: PUC Profession: MLA & Social Worker Online: No details given Number of Pending Criminal Cases: NIL Net Worth (2018) IT Returns: Movable Assets:Self-26.1 lacs, Spouse- 15 lacs, Dependant-3 lacs each Immovable Assets: Self-8.1 crores, Spouse-2.5 crores, Dependant 1-1.66 lacs Liabilities:NIL   B Prasanna Kumar Constituency: Pulakeshinagar Party: Janata Dal (secular)…

If you are one among the lakhs of voters of Malleshwaram, 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 Incumbent MLA: C.N Ashwath Narayan Profile and Track Record What did Malleshwaram MLA Ashwath Narayan do in his 2nd term? Interview: Ashwath Narayan: I am totally against corruption Related Data: http://opencity.in/information/karnataka-election-candidate-profile-dr-ashwath-narayan-c-n List of Candidates, 2018 Candidate Profile/Track Record C.N Ashwath Narayan Bharatiya Janata Party Family: Wife, 2 children Profession: Doctor/MLA MD…

Volunteers from Million Voter Rising, the citizen group from Mahadevapura, interviewed candidates contesting in the Karnataka Assembly elections from Mahadevapura constituency. This is the transcript of the interview with the incumbent MLA from Bharatiya Janata Party, Aravinda Limbavali. https://youtu.be/CixmRAQvjcI Mahadevapura MLA Aravinda Limbavali’s proposed manifesto for the constituency has 5 focus issues: traffic, environment, infrastructure, law and order, and social empowerment Does Mahadevpura have any problems and what are they according to you? First of all, I want to thank organisations such as Whitefield Rising that are there in my constituency. They regularly come to me, we discuss various issues. Not…

Muniratna Naidu, the first-time MLA from the Indian National Congress (INC) represents Rajarajeshwari Nagar Constituency. He began his political career as a Municipal corporator from Yeshwanthpur and was previously a private contractor. He was named in the Lokayukta Report in 2010 for being responsible for the death of Sanjana Singh, an 17-year-old student, who died when the wall of Government Veterinary Hospital collapsed on her. Munirathna was the BBMP contractor who had built the structure. His name also featured in fake bill scam unearthed by Technical Vigilance Cell of BBMP. His affidavit to the Election Commission in 2013 makes no…

S T Somashekar, the first-term MLA, is a BSc graduate who represents the Yeshwanthpur constituency from Congress. He is said to be a close confidant of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and media reports state that it was he ensured that the Congress BBMP councillors in 2015 and Congress MLAs 2016 were not poached by the opposition during the Mayoral Elections and Rajya Sabha Polls respectively. The civic problems of Yeshwanthpur however remain basic to include the lack of underground drains, roads and water scarcity. The constituency largely depends on borewells for its water supply which remains a problem. S T Somashekhar…

S Suresh Kumar, a lawyer by profession, came into electoral politics as a city corporator in the year 1983 from the BJP. He was also its leader in the Council. Suresh Kumar has been closely associated with the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh and was even jailed during the Emergency. He became an MLA from Rajajinagar in 1994 and has been elected from the constituency from four times since then except in 2004 when he was defeated by Narendra Kumar N L of the Congress. He was the Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs in the first BJP led Government of…

If you are one among the lakhs of voters of Yelahanka, this is what you need to know! Background information 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 Incumbent MLA: S R Vishwanath 2008 Interview: “Today no politician wants to cut down trees” Related Data: http://opencity.in/information/karnataka-election-candidate-profile-s-r-vishwanath List of candidates, 2018 M N Gopalakrishna - Indian National Congress Family: Wife, 3 children Educational Qualification: PUC Profession: Agriculturalist, Real Estate Number of Pending Criminal Cases: None Net Worth (2018) 1. Income Tax Returns: 29.44Lacs+14.81Lacs(spouse)…

Akhanda Srinivas Murthy is a first-time MLA from Pulakeshinagar constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC). He was one of the three city MLAs from JD(S). The PUC pass MLA was one of the first political leaders to respond when tensions escalated between the Army and the residents of JC Nagar over the access road to a 117-year-old mosque near Modi Gardens last year along with his party colleague from the Chamarajpet, Zameer Ahmed. He was suspended from the party for cross voting in the Rajya Sabha elections in 2016. He tendered his resignation from JD(S) party to the…