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Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar connected Sunday announced that the enactment would merchandise applications for the prospective Congress candidates to use and contention the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) elections.
The applications volition outgo ₹50,000 for wide class candidates and ₹25,000 for candidates from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities. After a request came to trim the exertion interest for women, Mr. Shivakumar scaled down the interest from ₹50,000 to ₹25,000 for them. The collected wealth volition spell towards the gathering operation fund, helium said, adding that the Congress would beryllium incurring ₹20 crore for gathering Congress Bhavans successful districts and ₹60 crores for the State office.
He acceptable the deadline for submitting exertion to January 15.
Start aboriginal preparations
“It is not imaginable to triumph the predetermination if you deliberation that canvass mentation tin beryllium undertaken aft the GBA elections are announced. However large a person you are, D.K. Shivakumar volition not place you if you deliberation that enactment tin beryllium started aft predetermination docket is announced,” helium said during the Congress Foundation Day celebrations here.
The KPCC president said that astir ₹20 crore was collected done the exertion interest during the May 2023 elections. “This helped successful placing advertisements connected behalf of the party.”
When Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who was besides connected the stage, prodded him to trim the interest for women, Mr. Shivakumar said, “Because Mr. Siddaramaiah and (Energy Minister) K.J. George are asking, I person reduced the exertion interest to ₹25,000.” He said that astatine slightest 10 women should use from each ward. “Those who person worked good astatine the booth level volition get opportunities and not those who tally down Mr. Siddaramaiah oregon me.”
TP and ZP polls
The Congress is expecting that the elections to taluk and zilla panchayats could beryllium held successful the adjacent 2 to 3 months aft resolving the cases successful courts implicit reservation, Mr. Shivakumar said. “I person instructed that adjacent for the taluk and zilla panchayat elections, mentation should beryllium started. I person discussed the contented with Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge too,” helium added.
