Mangaluru: Congress national president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday April 27 released the party's manifesto for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections in a ceremony held at TMA Pai Convention Centre here.

He was accompanied by chief minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president Dr Parameshwara, minister D K Shivakumar, Mallikarjun Kharge, Karnataka Congress in-charge K C Venugopal, P C Vishnunath, Janardhan Poojary and other party leaders.

After releasing the manifesto, Rahul Gandhi handed over the first copy to veteran leader Janardhan Poojary.

Here are some important points from Congress’ manifesto which lures all Sections of society.

 . ‘Agricultural Corridor for Karnataka’ for agriculture and it’s allied sectors covering production, Infrastructure and industrial segments on an end to end concept.

. Constitute a Statutory Farmers Income Commission to ensure basic livelihood for farmers, agri-labourers and agricultural households

. Every child in Karnataka will be guaranteed 12 years of school education of good quality, beginning in Grade 1. Our Government will be the guarantor and provide free education in government schools under Grade 12.

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Udupi: Voting for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections in the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency faced a delayed start this morning due to a technical issue with an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).

The polling process, slated to commence at 7:00 AM, was pushed back to approximately 7:30 AM at the Government Undergraduate College for Girls in Udupi city.

This delay was attributed to a malfunction in the voting machine at the aforementioned polling station. Despite this, voters have shown up in significant numbers across the district.

Among the 10 candidates fighting out in this constituency are Kota Srinivasa Pujari from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jayaprakash Hegde from the Indian National Congress (INC).

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