Will contest as rebel candidate: Belur Gopalakrishna
Bengaluru: “I have been denied the ticket by BJP only because of party’s state president BS Yeddyurappa. I did not join the KJP when Yeddyurappa had founded it, that’s the reason he has denied me the ticket. All surveys conducted in the Sagar constituency are in my favor. For five years I have developed the party in this constituency. But now, the ticket has been issued to a corrupt candidate,” claimed the former Sagar MLA Belur Gopalakrishna.
He said, “BJP will not make Yeddyurappa Chief Minister because the party has not fielded more number of Lingayats for the May 12 Assembly polls.”
“JD (s) has contacted and invited me to join the party. But I will not join any party. Rather I will fight against Hartala Halappa as a revolt candidate in the Sagar Constituency. My only aim is to defeat Halappa,” he added.
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“Voters were intimidated, threatened,” alleges Uttar Pradesh Cong Chief Ajay Rai
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Saturday alleged that the voters were intimidated and threatened by the ruling BJP regime. Rai's remarks came as counting for nine Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh shows a strong performance by the BJP and its ally, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).
“It was already decided in UP that the BJP is fighting the elections with the help of its machinery. The result of that has come out. All the machinery of the government, from police to administration, was deployed. Voters were intimidated and threatened. This is a complete murder of democracy,” Rai said, as reported by Hindustan Times.
According to latest ECI trends the BJP and its ally, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is performing strongly. Out of the nine Assembly constituencies where bypolls were held, the BJP is leading in five seats—Kundarki, Khair, Ghaziabad, Phulpur, and Majhawan. Its ally, the RLD, is ahead in Meerapur. The Samajwadi Party (SP), however, is not far behind, leading in three constituencies: Karhal, Katehari, and Sisamau.
