Summary:
Meanwhile, the District Election Officer has put in place prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code. According to a press release, the prohibitory orders will be in place 48 hours before the polls and 24 hours after the elections. more-inIn a litmus test for both the Congress and the Janata Dal(S), consensus is yet to emerge between the two parties over its candidature for the Rajarajeshwarinagar Assembly constituency. Congress’ Muniratna had decided to fight the elections against coalition partner (JD-S) candidate G.H. Talks between leaders of the coalition partners in the government on fighting elections together in constituency in Bengaluru has so far failed, as the Congress nominee in the constituency declined to support the JD(S) candidate..