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Karnataka Assembly Elections: EC likely to announce dates today
Mar 27, 2018
10:06 am
What's the story
The Election Commission is likely to announce the polling schedule for the 224-member Karnataka Assembly on Monday, official sources said.
The polls are being seen politically crucial for the ruling Congress as well as BJP as it is the only big state where the former is in power after losing a string of Assembly elections to the saffron party in the last few years.
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BJP making a concerted bid to unseat the Congress
The BJP is making a concerted bid to unseat the Congress.
Besides the Congress and the BJP, the JD(S) led by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda is the third player in the fray.
The last state elections were held in the first week of May in 2008.
Karnataka poll results are considered to play a vital role in the 2019 General Elections.