Bharat Express

Karnataka polls

"You had gone to every door offering guarantees and promised to fulfill them immediately after coming to power. It's your duty to fulfill them," Yediyurappa said.

The former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal is leading in 30 segments, and others in 5 seats. BJP leader and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (Shiggaon) and Congress State unit President D K Shivakumar (Kanakapura) were leading in their respective seats. 

First-time voters and the elderly stole the show as they were seen participating in the voting process enthusiastically in many segments.

Voting for the 224-seat Karnataka Assembly is scheduled on May 10 and the ballots will be counted on May 13

Modi greeted by waving at the crowd gathered on the sides of the roads and on nearby buildings, many of whom were seen chanting 'Modi, Modi', 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' slogans.

The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister said that both Congress and JD(S) are two faces of the same coin with dynasty politics. "Voting JD(S) will strengthen Congress," he said. 

Scrutiny of nominations will take place today, and the last day for the withdrawal of candidature is April 24.

In the last 50 years since 1967, the Congress has not made a Lingayat a Chief Minister except for the nine-month tenure of Veerendra Patil, Bommai said.

With the sixth list, the Congress has announced 223 candidates, marking one seat in the 224-member assembly for Sarvodaya Karnataka Party, a regional outfit.

The party released its first list of 189 candidates on Tuesday.