Bengaluru: The Election Commission has seized over 40 kilograms of gold and more than 20 kg silver with a combined worth of Rs 23.51 crore in Tarikere Assembly constituency in Chikkamagaluru district ahead of elections in Karnataka next month, the poll body said on Thursday.

Karnataka Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai has said that Congress leader Siddaramaiah’s comments on infighting in the BJP and ‘secret alliances’ with other parties merely reflect his panic regarding the outcome of the Assembly elections.

Congress MP DK Suresh on Thursday filed his nomination papers from Kanakapura constituency for the upcoming Assembly elections.

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah has slammed BJP National President JP Nadda for asking the people of Karnataka during a rally to vote for BJP ‘so that the state is not deprived of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s blessings’, saying that Modi was not God to bless anyone.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi would campaign in about 20 places in poll-bound Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Thursday. He said the Prime Minister's campaign programme is being finalised.

Lingayat leaders of the BJP have raised the pitch for unleashing the "Lingayat CM" campaign in poll-bound Karnataka to counter the Congress' narrative to brand the ruling party as "anti-Lingayat".

The Congress in the early hours on Thursday released its sixth and final list, announcing candidates for the remaining five constituencies for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka.

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday tweeted a video clip of BJP chief J P Nadda's remarks in Karnataka, and accused him of "threatening" the voters and calling his comments a "blatant attack on democracy".