BK Hariprasad Congress candidate from Bengaluru South constituency

PM Narendra Modi to enter the fray from BJP?

Vartha Bharati | 24-03-2019 | 19:36:00 IST

Bengaluru: The Congress has announced the name of Rajya Sabha member BK Hariprasad, 65, for the Bengaluru South Lok Sabha Constituency.

The Congress, which had released a list of 18 candidates on Saturday, announced the name for the Bengaluru South constituency today. However, suspense continues over BJP's choice for this constituency.

In the 1999 Lok Sabha polls, he had lost to BJP's Ananth Kumar. Hariprasad was later picked for the Rajya Sabha, where he is still a sitting member. However, Ananth Kumar who won from this constituency for six times since 1996, has passed away recently.

Earlier, It was said that Ananth Kumar's wife Tejaswini would be fielded from this constituency. But now rumour mills are abuzz with the news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may contest from Bengaluru South.

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TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee moves Calcutta HC over transfer of IAS, IPS officers by Election Commission

20-03-2026 ¦ 20-03-2026 IST

Courtesy: PTI

Kolkata (PTI): TMC MP and senior lawyer Kalyan Banerjee on Friday moved the Calcutta High Court questioning the Election Commission's transfer order of several IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal soon after the announcement of assembly polls in the state.

The petitioner named Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar a party respondent in the matter.

Mentioning the matter before a division bench presided by Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, the lawyer prayed for an early hearing of the petition.

The petition, which questions the transfers without consulting the state government before the EC took the decisions, is likely to be heard early next week, a lawyer connected with the matter said.

A large number of senior IAS and IPS officers, including the state's chief secretary, home secretary and director general of police (DGP) were replaced by the Election Commission within hours of announcement of the assembly elections in West Bengal on March 15.

The elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly will be held in two phases - on April 23 and 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.