BJP candidate from Bangalore Central constituency for the Lok Sabha elections, PC Mohan, visited the Halasur Lake area on Monday morning to request the voters taking a walk there, but had to leave the place in haste, unable to answer a woman voter's questions on issues concerning the people.

Congress party’s Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha candidate hitting Jayaprakash Hegde lashing out at the BJP for its lack of development in the past 10 years, on Monday said “Public, who are facing difficulties due to the BJP administration, are ready to give a befitting reply to the Modi government.”

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya was forced to leave an election campaign event at Basavanagudi in the city on Sunday, after investors who lost huge amounts of money due to a multi-crore scam involving the cooperative bank, Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank Limited, heckled Surya, demanding answers to their queries in the matter.

Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, BJP leader Pralhad Joshi and actor Shivarajkumar's wife Geetha Shivarajkumar were among the prominent persons who filed their nominations on Monday for the May 7 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka.

JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday expressed regret over his comments that women in rural areas have "lost their way" due to the five guarantee schemes of the Congress government in Karnataka, but claimed that his statement is being twisted.

The BJP has slammed Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his comments on the demolition of some houses allegedly built illegally and belonging to Kannadigas in Goa and said he should first work to solve problems in his own state.

Mysuru (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called the Congress "the sultan of tukde tukde gang", as he accused the opposition party of having the dangerous intention to "divide, break and weaken" the country.

Mysuru/Mangaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Mysuru as part of his Karnataka campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.