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Public campaigning for the bypolls ended successful Bagalkot connected Tuesday, arsenic per Election Commission of India acquisition manual. Polling volition beryllium held connected Thursday (April 9) and votes volition beryllium counted connected May 4.
Most of the leaders who were camping successful Bagalkot metropolis and surrounding villages near the constituency by Monday night.
Leaders Satish Jarkiholi, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and others near the constituency and informed the officers concerned, predetermination work officials said.
Door-to-door run began connected Tuesday greeting and teams of 5 members started visiting assorted areas successful the metropolis and successful antithetic gram panchayats.
There are 9 candidates successful Bagalkot, but the main contention seems to beryllium betwixt Congress nominee and lad of the erstwhile MLA precocious H.Y. Meti Umesh Meti and the erstwhile MLA Viranna Charantimath of the BJP.
The Meti siblings who had differed connected the enactment of the Congress campaigner initially aboriginal joined each large rallies and campaigned for Umesh Meti.
Several elder leaders, including Ministers B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, H.K. Patil and Ramalinga Reddy, AICC leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, and others campaigned for the Congress.
Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and H.D. Kumaraswamy, the erstwhile Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, MP Govind Karjol, State enactment president B.Y. Vijayendra, section person Murugesh Nirani and others participated successful the run for the BJP.
The 2 main parties raised antithetic issues successful this bypoll that was necessitated by the decease of H.Y. Meti.
The Congress leaders kept talking astir their achievements similar implementation of the 5 guarantees, fixing compensation for onshore losers successful the Upper Krishna Project and plans for enlargement of the Alamtti dam retention by expanding its height.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accused the BJP of pursuing the authorities of hatred and practicising anti-Muslim and anti-AHINDA policies.
Most Congress leaders, including the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Minister M.B. Patil, and others focussed connected the perceived representation of Mr. Charantimath arsenic a person who is not easy accessible to the public.
On Monday and Tuesday, the State authorities issued afloat leafage advertisements listing the works taken up oregon planned successful Bagalkot constituency.
According to these advertisements, the State authorities has completed enactment connected a wholesale farmers marketplace successful 200 acres, a authorities PU assemblage and 20 residential schools and a multi-storeyed Gandhi Bhavan taste complex.
The State authorities plans to physique a authorities aesculapian assemblage successful Bagalkot and laic an airstrip successful the city.
The BJP, connected the different hand, accused the Congress of practising Muslim appeasement policies. On Monday, Mr. Charantimath released a charge-sheet against the Congress government.
He called it an anti-Hindu enactment that protected communal elements and jailed guiltless Hindus. He said that the Congress authorities has deliberately delayed the installation of statues of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Basavanna successful Bagalkot.
Mr. Charantimath accused Mr. Siddaramaiah of neglecting Bagalkot and not doing immoderate improvement work. He said that the authorities is highly corrupt. It has looted the State Treasury and supported loot by officers and elected members successful the Bagalkot Town Development Authority, helium added.
