Bangalore, Mar 3: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N. Gopalaswami alongwith two Election Commissioners Dr. S Y Qureshi and Navin Chawla will arrive here today to review preparations of electoral rolls.
On Tuesday, the team will meet Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Rama Seshan, Chief Secretary Sudhakar Rao and the state’s top officials. Besides reviewing electoral rolls revision, they will also evaluate redrawing of constituencies.
According to the delimitation commissions report, redrawing of constituencies has been completed in Haveri, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu districts.
Bangalore, Feb 24: Scores of activists of Kannada Gadi Rakshana Vedike (Kannada Border Protection Forum) led by former Karnataka MLA Vatal Nagaraj on Sunday protested against an alleged remark made by Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav over Kannada people.
Condemning Lalu’s alleged remark that Kannada people were “dirty”, Nagaraj demanded greater share for the state in the forthcoming railway budget.