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Bangalore Rural MP candidates: Choose from two-time MP, ex-MLC, and more

April 16, 2019 Deepa Vaishnavi V M

D K Suresh, the two-time Congress MP from Bangalore Rural constituency, is contesting from here again. His main opponent is BJP’s Ashwathnarayana, a party spokesperson and former MLC.

Bangalore Central MP candidates: Choose from MLC, two-term MP, outspoken actor, and more

April 11, 2019 Revathi Siva Kumar

P C Mohan, the BJP candidate who had won the last two elections from Bangalore Central, is contesting again this time. Yet, MLC Rizwan Arshad, the Congress candidate, is hopeful. Actor Prakash Raj, who has been in the news for his political views, is also contesting from here

Governance

Bangalore North MP candidates: Choose among BJP and Congress heavyweights, and more

April 10, 2019 Deepa Vaishnavi V M

BJP candidate Sadananda Gowda is a union minister and three-time MP. His rival, Krishna Byre Gowda of the Congress, is a two-time state minister. Other than these high-profile candidates, 29 more are contesting from Bangalore North

Bangalore South Congress candidate B K Hari Prasad: “Planning should be for 25 years, not for today”

April 8, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

B K Hari Prasad, the Congress candidate for Bangalore South, is a four-time Rajya Sabha MP. In this interview with Citizen Matters, he talks about his career so far, and his plans for the city, if elected

G Padmavathi is Bengaluru’s new Mayor

September 29, 2016 Akshatha M

JD(S) corporator M Anand from Radhakrishna Temple ward was elected as the Deputy Mayor in the polls marked by controversy over the suspension of voting rights of Independent MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar and BJP’s PC Mohan.

Governance

Dear MP candidates, what will you do to make Bangalore fire-safe?

April 1, 2014 Uday Vijayan

Bangalore has 440 high rise buildings in all, but the number of aerial ladders available is disproportional to this number. What can MPs do?

MPs’ engagement with citizens: What is the reality?

March 26, 2014 Vivek Vaidyanathan

Do they ever come back to see what the voters are doing, once voted to power? What is the experience of people of Bangalore?

Civic

I am neither an atheist nor a theist: Siddaramaiah

May 16, 2013 News Desk

How well do Bangaloreans know Karnataka’s new head of state? What kind of person is he? Fielding questions on Suvarna News, Siddaramaiah let out a calm demeanor to round off the tough-man image he has cultivated over the years.

Civic

Was corruption an electoral issue for Bangaloreans?

May 15, 2013 News Desk

While the BJP was wiped out in the rest of Karnataka, the party lost just five seats in Bangalore. It got 40 seats, out of which 12 were from the city’s 28 constituencies. Is Bangaloreans’ anti-corruption anguish real?

Governance

R K Misra’s plan to make the bad guys lose

January 10, 2013 Subramaniam Vincent

His approach seems to make the very essence of one key aspect democracies worldwide — political parties – standup on its head. The founder of Nav Bharat says his organisation is going candidate-centric to make crooks lose elections.

Karnataka political parties raise 1000s of crores, somehow

November 22, 2012 Samuel Jacob

INC, BJP, JDS and other parties receive huge sums of money as donations from corporates and individuals – who has given how much?

Governance

Youth present their ideas to political leaders

April 21, 2009 Hemangini Gupta

A Youth Manifesto event at IIM-B saw young voters preparing a manifesto with their concerns, and presenting their ideas to young BJP and Congress politicians.