New Delhi, Apr 12: The BJP on Wednesday released its second list of 23 candidates for the May 10 Karnataka assembly elections.

The party had on Tuesday named its candidates for 189 seats.

Filing of nominations will begin on April 13 and continue till April 20.

The BJP aims to retain power in the southern state by winning a majority in the 224-seat assembly.

 

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Mandya: A purported video of sangh parivar activists who were on their way to a 'Sankirtana Yatra' organised as part of Hanuman Jayanti in Srirangapatna on Sunday, intercepting Muslim youths travelling on bikes and threatening them to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' has gone viral on social media platforms, prompting the police to registered a suo motu case in this regard.

According to reports, the incident took place near Sundahalli on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in Mandya taluk.

The purported video shows three Muslim youths riding a bike near the underpass service road of the highway being surrounded by Sangh Parivar activists who were going on a Sankirtana Yatra and were forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.

In the wake of outrage over the incident, the Mandya Rural Police have registered a suo motu case against the accused under BNS 189(2), 126(2), 196, 352, R.V 190.

According to the FIR, around 8-10 unknown persons have reportedly committed the crime.

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