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This time, the seat will witness a fight between the BJP’s firebrand leader Tejasvi Surya, the national president of its youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, and the Congress’s Sowmya Reddy, who lost the 2023 Assembly polls from Jayanagar by just 16 votes. (File photo)

Buoyed by Modi factor, Tejasvi Surya sits pretty in Bangalore South as Congress rides on guarantee delivery

April 22, 2024 7:47 am

BJP has been winning the constituency for the last eight consecutive times, even as Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy says, "people are now looking for a change and a party that delivers on its promises."

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya urges Centre to extend NRC to Karnataka

Tejasvi Surya wins Bangalore South with margin of 3.31 lakh votes

May 24, 2019 12:38 am

Tejaswi Surya was up against Congress candidate B K Hariprasad, a heavyweight who was defeated by Ananth Kumar in 1996. The 28-year-old lawyer secured a comfortable margin of 3,31,192 votes against Congress' Rajya Sabha MP.

In high-profile Bangalore South, two women activists make political plunge

April 24, 2014 4:03 am

While Manorama has worked for Dalit women for decades, Nayak has chaired the Karnataka Child Rights Commission.

It’s final: Cong to field Nilekani from Bangalore South

February 18, 2014 1:17 am

It was not clear whether Kumar will contest from seat, which he won last five times. There were talks of Kumar scouting for another seat.

Nandan Nilekani to join Congress, ready to contest Lok Sabha polls

January 10, 2014 6:07 pm

Confirming that he was ready to contest 2014 elections, UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani said talks were on about his constituency.

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RSS to ABVP to BJP, Ananth Kumar stayed relevant from Vajpayee’s party to Modi’s cabinet

June 22, 2020 6:11 pm

Ananth Kumar passed away on Monday morning due to pancreatic cancer. Through the years, he has managed to be one of the men that found a place in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s cabinet in NDA-I to NDA-II under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.