Bengaluru: The BJP has appealed the Central Election Commission to postpone the by-elections to the Ramanagara Assembly constituency which was scheduled to held on November 3.

The central government has appointed five additional judges to the Karnataka High Court.

BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa made a scathing attack that Minister DK Shivakumar and his brother DK Suresh purchased Ramanagar BJP candidate Chandrashekar.

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that they were not responsible for the BJP candidate’s decision to backtrack from contesting the by-election from Ramnagar constituency.

When the people have been celebrating the Kannada Rajyotsava across the state, MES workers have observed black day and conducted a rally against Karnataka in Belagavi on Thursday. When they tried to assault a Kannada activist who held a Kannada flag, police caned and dispersed them.

Campaigning for the November 3 bypolls to three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka came to an end Thursday, with a BJP candidate pulling out of the contest and returning to the Congress.

“Ramanagar BJP candidate L. Chandrashekar is a betrayer. He will not flourishcome in politics. He was lured to join the Congress”, said Union Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda.

Karnataka Revenue Minister R V Deshpande has courted a controversy after a video showing him throwing sports kits at sports persons at a function went viral with union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore and state BJP flaying him for his conduct.