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Hubli (IANS) | Voting is going on for the assembly elections in Karnataka on Wednesday. Meanwhile, following the complaint of a woman voter, a polling officer has been detained by the police. The woman alleges that the officer, while helping in the voting process, got her vote cast in favor of the BJP. The incident took place at a polling station in Chittapur constituency of Kalaburagi district. Basamma Antuman polling officer B.C. Chouhan to cast her vote in favor of Congress candidate Priyank Kharge. However, the officer cast his vote in favor of BJP candidate Manikant Rathod.

When the woman opposed this, the Congress workers created ruckus on the spot. Priyank Kharge reached the spot and complained to Election Officer Naveen Kumar. The polling officer was immediately taken off duty and replaced by another officer.

Based on the complaint, the polling officer was taken into police custody. In Chhatarpur constituency, Priyank Kharge, son of former minister and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, is pitted against BJP’s Manikant Rathore.

Congress alleges that there are more than 80 criminal cases registered against Manikant Rathore. An audio clip purportedly of Manikant Rathod had gone viral on social media in which he was heard saying that Mallikarjun Kharge’s family would be wiped out.

This led to a fierce fight between the Congress and the BJP.

–IANS

Bengaluru (IANS) | Assembly elections in Karnataka will be held on May 10. In such a situation, all the parties have accelerated their process of finalizing the tickets of the candidates in Karnataka. The screening committee of the ruling BJP in the state is meeting at a private resort here on Saturday to finalize candidates for the first list.

The party had already taken opinion from the local leaders and office bearers of each assembly constituency regarding the candidates. The leaders will hold discussions with the core committee members of all the districts for two days from Saturday.

Insiders reveal that three senior party workers in each district will finalize the list of candidates and send it to the Central Committee after considering all the information. CM Basavaraj Bommai had said that the party would take a week to announce the list of candidates.

According to sources, the opposition Congress, which released the first list of 124 candidates, has finalized the second list of 70 candidates.

The party had held several meetings in this regard and also discussed Siddaramaiah contesting from the Kolar constituency. His candidature for Varuna constituency has already been announced.

State party president DK Shivakumar has been given the responsibility to quell the discontent. Sources said the list has already been sent to the high command and a final decision will be taken in New Delhi.

Meanwhile, the JD(S), which had announced 93 candidates in December 2022, is expected to announce its second list by next week. The party is likely to decide on the Hassan assembly seat, which has resulted in discord within the family of former PM HD Deve Gowda.

–IANS