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Polls - Karnataka '08
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<b>Cracks in Congress as aspirants vie for tickets</b> <!--emo&Big Grin--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Bangarpet:

<i>The Bethamangala Bangarpet has been turned into a reserve constituency after the delimitation exercise and there is a big tussle in the Congress for tickets to contest from this Assembly segment.</i>

With former legislator Kysamballi M Narayanswamy and CMC former president and present councillor K M Narayanswamy showing their strength to get the ticket, both of them submitted their applications to the election observers on Tuesday. Thus they also showed that all was not well within the party. The other aspirants included former legislator C Venkateshappa and leader JCB Naryanappa.

However, all the three have said that they will abide by the decision of the Congress high command.

While Narayanswamy who contested as a rebel Congress candidate in the 2004 elections and was pipped at the post came with a large group of supporters to meet the observers, the other aspirant Narayanswamy along with Sthree Shakti organisation workers and youth showed his strength while submitting his application.

When the supporters of both Narayanswamys’ lifted them on stage and started dancing there was some confusion.

District Congress committee president Bissegowda cooled down the workers and advised them to support the candidate chosen by the high command and work for his victory. Immediately he left the place.

With former legislator M Narayanswamy trying to enter the fray, the other strong contender K M Narayanswamy is a worried man, it is said.

According to party sources, KMN who has been doing a lot of groundwork by supporting the Sthree Shakti groups and the youth through financial aid and providing free drinking water, besides taking up several projects, was stunned to see a group of former legislators.

He is learnt to have threatened CMC president Shamshuddin for having sent his supporters to back M Narayanswamy. Irked by this attitude Shamshuddin is said to have complained to Bissegowda who pacified him.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<b>Whats the big hurry, wonders Cong; BJP glad</b>
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New Delhi,

<i>We dont understand what is the great hurry as rolls for all districts are not yet published and (electoral) maps of seven districts are not ready, Prithviraj Chavan said.</i>

Even as the BJP welcomed the announcement of the Karnataka poll schedule,<b> the Sonia Gandhi-led Congress on Wednesday expressed its clear unhappiness over the Election Commission move questioning the need for the “great hurry” when the electoral rolls were not fully ready.</b> {Losers; already know that they are gonna lose}

“We don’t understand what is the great hurry as rolls for all districts are not yet published and (electoral) maps of seven districts are not ready,” Prithviraj Chavan, AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka, said immediately after the EC announcement.

“We don’t know when the final rolls will be published,” he said.  He also questioned the EC decision saying if the aim was to avoid the extension of President’s Rule in the State, that too would be negated as “anyway President’s Rule will have to be extended” as the new Assembly would not be constituted by May 19, the last day of the current spell.

<b>BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy saying, “We appreciate that the EC has announced timely polls in the State, which we have been demanding.”</b>

Alleging that the Congress had tried its best to delay polls in the State, Mr Rudy expressed confidence that his party would improve its standing and gain majority in the May elections.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<b>3-phase polls puzzle political parties</b>
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr320...08040360799.asp
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bangalore:

<i>Karnataka is set to come under the stiffest security blanket for the three-phase Assembly elections spread over 15 days from May 10, as no other state is going to the polls around this time.</i>

For the 2004 Assembly election, 25 companies of Central Reserve Police Force was deployed. This time round, the number is expected to be much higher. The decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to conduct the election in three phases, instead of two, is itself an indication of a tighter security cover proposed for the exercise, said an Election Commission source.

Though the CEC, on the advice of the State administration, decides on the level of security, political parties and their leaders are puzzled.

Congress Coordination and Election Committee Chairman S M Krishna wondered about the three phases and said the election could have been held in a single phase as no other state is going to polls. Central troops could have been rushed to the State. Campaign Committee Chairman Siddaramaiah was none too perturbed and said, Gujarat with lesser number of Assembly seats than Karnataka also faced three-phase elections.

“This is the first time a three-phase poll is being held in the State. We will face it,” he said, sounding upbeat.

Many potential candidates, sick of waiting to know the poll dates and wishing to get it all over, took the three-part decision in their stride. Former Basavangudi MLA K Chandrashekar believes a spread out election facilitates more focussed canvassing by political parties and fair share of exposure for individual candidates. Better security also meant a more free and fair environment for the electors. However, any major event occurring between the phases, such as the death of a popular leader, could alter reality to a sympathy wave overnight, he noted.

The Election Commission itself is smug in the thought that it can ensure better fair play, including keeping tabs on campaign spending.

Expenditure observers will be deployed shortly, said a senior officer while admitting it is no secret that both political parties and candidates have mastered the art of ‘devolved spending’.

The gap between the first phase of poll and the counting of votes will be the longest this time but safe keeping of ballot boxes is not an issue as they will be stored in rooms sealed in the presence of political party representatives and Central Security Forces posted on guard. Candidates may also post their own security.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<b>90,000 bottles of ink and 65,000 EVMs</b>
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Bangalore,

<i>The Office of Chief Electoral Officer (OCEO) has placed an indent for supply of indelible ink with the State-owned Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited (MPVL).</i>

The MPVL has been asked to supply the ink by the end of this month. The OCEO placed the order a day after it published the final list of electoral rolls prepared as per the delimited assembly constituencies on March 29, official sources told Deccan Herald.

As per the new delimited assembly constituencies, there are 40,000 polling booths across the State. Besides, 5,000 axillary polling booths will be set up at the time of polling of votes.

Officials said the MPVL has been asked to supply around 90,000 veils (bottles) of indelible ink, two for every polling booth. Each veil contains 25 ml of ink. The indelible ink is marked on the forefinger of the voter’s left hand, after his or her franchise has been exercised.

Official sources said the OCEO has issued directions to all deputy commissioners of districts to keep the electronic voting machines (EVMs) ready in their respective jurisdictions.

“The OCEO already has 65,000 EVMs in all districts. Now DCs have been asked to ensure that the machines are in good condition,” sources said.

The actual requirement of EVMs is 45,000, including auxiliary polling booths. But the OCEO has 20,000 additional EVMs to meet any exigencies, sources said.

The State government on Wednesday released Rs 40 crore towards expenditure for the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in three phases next month, said State Chief Electoral Officer M N Vidyashankar.

He said the EC had sought a sum of Rs 55 crore. However, the government has released Rs 40 crore and promised to dispense the balance in a couple of days.
Vidyashankar He also said  the model code of conduct has came into effect and all DCs have to instructed to enforce it strictly.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


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