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Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar sounded confident about the VBA doing well in the elections.

HD Revanna, son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda plunged into controversy as he said Dakshina Kannada district nosedived to the fifth position in the SSLC results as it voted for the BJP. Naturally, the opposition laughed and dismissed the statement as 'absurd'.   
 

Senior Congress leader Muddahanumegowda, who had to forego his seat Tumakuru, Karnataka, to accommodate former PM HD Deve Gowda’s desire to contest from the same constituency, will visit Dharmastahala on Thursday and hold a presser. What subject will he touch upon in the presser is being widely speculated.
 

There are reports that many Congressmen in Karnataka would bid goodbye to the party and join the BJP. With a view to offset this, Deve Gowda is mulling plans to offer the chief minister’s post to either senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge or former CM Siddaramaiah. By doing so, he hopes to keep the Congress flock together

 

The IT raid came after former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and state chief minister HD Kumaraswamy completed their campaigning in Vijayapura.

Here is what JDS national president HD Deve Gowda said when asked about his aspiration of becoming prime minister again

Nagathan JDS MLA Devanand Chavan turned driver as he drove HD Deve Gowda to Vijayapura helipad. Later, Gowda travelled in a helicopter to Shivamogga to campaign for JD(S) candidate Madhu Bangarappa

 
 

Former PM HD Deve Gowda’s chopper made an emergency landing in Koppal in Karnataka as it developed a technical snag. The snag was owing to overloading. The gunman was asked to alight. Later, he continued his journey.

Some of the popular candidates up for election today are Union ministers Jitendra Singh, Jual Oram, Sadananda Gowda and Pon Radhakrishnan. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and former ministers Dayanidhi Maran and A Raja, and DMK leader Kanimozhi are also among today's candidates. Actor-turned-politician Hema Malini is the star candidate from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

PM Modi reminded the people of a recent statement made by Karnataka PWD Minister HD Revanna where he announced that he would retire from politics if PM Modi came back to power.

Income Tax officials have raided Haradanahalli Shiva temple in Hassan district that is frequented by former prime minister, JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda.

Hassan BJP candidate A Manju said that JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda's grandsons Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Prajwal Revanna will face defeat. That apart, he also said that the election battle in Tumakuru Lok Sabha seat will also be tough for HD Deve Gowda, who is contesting there. In an exclusive interview with MyNation, A Manju, who is contesting against Prajwal Revanna said, he is fighting against the family politics of Deve Gowda. And in this election, Modi's factor will help BJP win the Hassan seat. Manju hinted that this time Congress and JD(S) supporters will help him as people are fed up of the dynasty rule. After May 23, Manju said no one can prevent Modi from becoming PM again and predicted the collapse of the coalition government in Karnataka.     

With 16,40,634 votes to decide the fate of candidates in Hassan Lok Sabha in Karnataka,  it may not be easy for JD(S) candidate and HD Deve Gowda's grandson Prajwal Revanna as BJP has found a dark horse in  Arkalgudu

Manju. JD(S) candidate Prajwal Revanna may find it hard to convince a major chunk of voters including Lingayats, Kurubas and SC/STs to win the first election battle.

The issue of the supply of water to Tumakuru from the river Hemavathi which has a reservoir in Gorur of Hasssan district might give HD Deve Gowda sleepless nights. He has been alleged of working against the interests of Tumakuru people, by not allowing them to get their full quota of the water from the reservoir

While Kumaraswamy's father and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda is the JD(S) candidate from Tumakuru, his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy is a party candidate from Mandya