A day ahead of BJP President Amit Shah's visit to Goa, the Congress on Saturday demanded he immediately appoint a new Chief Minister to replace an ailing Manohar Parrikar.

Sri Vishvesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt exercised his vote at a polling station set up at North School in the city on Saturday at around 1.45 pm.

Mysuru,May 12: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah cast his vote at the Siddaramanahundi in Varuna constituency.CM Siddaramaiah along with his son Dr. Yathindra, voted in the polling booth number 82.

In a politically crucial Assembly election ahead of next year's Lok Sabha battle, millions voted in Karnataka on Saturday with the ruling Congress as well as the BJP and JD-S claiming they will win hands down.

"The MoU sets 11 per cent higher capacity utilisation as compared to last year," the company said in a statement.

BJP candidate B. Sreeramulu on Saturday worshipped a cow and then visited temples before voting in the Karnataka Assembly election.

Bengaluru: Congress spokesperson Brijesh Kalappa, who has alleged that there were errors in the EVMs in many parts of the state, said in a tweet "at a polling booth in Bengaluru, votes are going to lotus symbol while pressing any button on EVM.  Due to which voters got angry and returned without casting their votes."

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that he was "very confident" of the ruling Congress retaining power in the southern state by winning over 120 seats.