Series: Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018

Byrathi Basavaraj is a first-term MLA from K R Puram. He has managed to stay in news for alleged land mafia and for his supporters thrashing a mother and her son. Like most of the areas that were added when the Greater Bangalore area was formed, K R Puram area reels with very basic problems - lack of underground drains, water scarcity, garbage and traffic congestion which fall under the jurisdiction of the municipal councillors - a majority of who are from the Congress party. For a man who represents a constituency that is famous for its IT parks, Basavaraj…

B N Vijay Kumar, who joined the BJP in 1990 is a three-term MLA from Jayanagar constituency. An engineer by qualification, he was an active member of RSS. Jayanagar, which was one of the first planned layouts in the city is considered an elite residential area with demography that has a mix of upper middle class and upper caste people. Vijaya Kumar, who is a brahmin, has had an easy run winning this constituency so far. As a planned layout the issues plaguing the Jayanagar constituency are not as basic as some of the newly formed areas of the city.…

If you are one among the lakhs of voters of Sarvagna Nagar, 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: K J George Profile and Track Record Tracking Sarvajnanagar MLA K J George, who was also a minister 2013 Interview: I want to do much more, if re-elected: K J George 2012 Report card: Sarvagnanagar MLA K J George Performance evaluation from constituents: TBD Related Data: http://opencity.in/information/karnataka-election-candidate-profile-k-j-george List…

Ravi Subrahmanya is a two-term MLA from Basavanagudi. He was associated with the RSS before being elected to the Assembly in 2008. His constituency has Basavanagudi, one of the oldest localities in the city and is home to the world famous Gavi Gandhareshwara Temple and Dodda Basavana Gudi - the Bull Temple. Unlike other BJP MLAs from the city, the legislator has maintained a relatively low profile. He made news when he invested Rs1.5 crore of the MLA LAD funds in a government school in his constituency. He has also been pushing the idea of Basavangudi Heritage Corridor for many…

If you are one among the lakhs of voters of Gandhi Nagar, 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: Dinesh Gundu Rao What has Dinesh Gundu Rao been upto in the last 5 years? Interview: TBD Performance evaluation from constituents: TBD Related Data: http://opencity.in/information/karnataka-election-candidate-profile-dinesh-gundu-rao List of candidates, 2018: Dinesh Gundu Rao Constituency: Gandhinagar Party: Indian National Congress Family: Wife & 3 Dependents Educational Qualification: B.E. Profession: Member of Legislative Assembly…

Kelachandra Joseph George, hailing from Gonikoppa in Coorg district, is the third child of an agriculturist couple. He rose through the ranks as a member of Youth Congress and was known to be a protege of former Chief Minister Gundu Rao. He was first elected to the Karnataka Assembly in 1985 from erstwhile Bharatinagar constituency (which is now Sarvagna Nagar) and held the seat till 1994. He lost the Bharatinagar seat in 1994 when he became part of the rebel faction against the Karnataka Congress led by Bangarappa. He came back to electoral politics in 2008 to win the newly…

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…