Jayanagar constituency to go for voting tomorrow
Assembly Election
Bengaluru, June 10: The Jayanagar assembly constituency, which created a tough competition between the Congress-JDS coalition government and the BJP, will go for voting on June 11. The Election Commission has made all preparations to conduct voting from 7 am to 6 pm.
The election to the constituency was postponed as BJP candidate died before the election. Now, total 19 candidates including BN Prahlad Babu from BJP, Soumya Reddy from Congress, independent candidate Ravi Krishna Reddy and others are in the fray. Total 216 polling stations were set up in the constituency, for which 1400 polling staff were deputed. Among them, 50 polling stations were given web-casting facility and 15 were given videography facility. Total 29 officers were appointed as divisional officers to oversee the polling stations.
The constituency has total number of 2,03,184 voters and pink polling booths were set up in five places where women voters are more. After the formation of the coalition government, the JDS candidate Kale Gowda has withdrawn his papers paving way for Congress candidate Soumya Reddy.
Meanwhile, it is said that there is a triangular fight between Congress, BJP and independent candidate Ravi Krishna Reddy who has been fighting against corruption and election malpractices. So, Jayanagar election has created more curiosity.
Already, the Election Commission has imposed prohibitory order under Section 144 in the constituency. Liquor sale was completely banned and police security is beefed up throughout the constituency.
Counting of votes on June 13
Counting of votes would be held on June 13. All preparations were made to count the votes at SSMRV College at Jayanagar 4th Block. The counting will be held from 8 am and the result will be out by afternoon.
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Quad leaders to launch Cancer Moonshot initiative with focus on cervical cancer in Indo-Pacific
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More than 95 new programs, policies, and resources have been made possible by the US Cancer Moonshot. Originally coined to describe the act of sending a spaceship to the moon, the term "moonshot" now denotes extremely difficult and creative initiatives.
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