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At an event to launch his grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy as Mandya Lok Sabha candidate, former Prime Minister Deve Gowda said that he did not agree to make his son Kumaraswamy the Karnataka chief minister and it was the Congress which chose him over Mallikarjun Kharge
 

The BJP will separately field its candidate for Tura and Shillong seats in Meghalaya. A top leader of the saffron party in Meghalaya said that the party has prepared a list of four probable candidates for both Tura and Shillong constituencies

JD(S) leaders CS Puttaraju and DC Tammanna formally announced that Nikhil Kumaraswamy would be the party candidate from Mandya for the Lok Sabha polls. Interestingly, the announcement was made keeping in mind the astrological impact.  
 

An interview with Rahul Gandhi that never happened and one with the then prime ministerial candidate of the BJP' that was recorded but met with red tape on DD News: The book Narendra Modi Censored tells the story of the struggle of journalist-anchor Ashok Shrivastav to make the truth prevail in a professional world that harbours malice

Former PM HD Deve Gowda, his grandson Prajwal Revanna, son Revanna kick started a teary-eyed election campaign of the JD(S) for the Lok Sabha elections in Hassan, Karnataka.

Even though Congress has left the Mandya seat for the Janata Dal (Secular), Congress workers there are not ready to support the JD(S). Instead, they are favouring Ambareesh's wife Sumalatha's candidature.

Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda has kept the choice of constituency open and said that he will not contest from Hassan, paving way for his grandson Prajwal’s entry to politics from the same seat

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has announced the list of party candidates for all the 42 Lok Sabha seats of the state. Ten sitting MPs have been dropped this time. They include the party’s state president Subrata Bakshi, actress Sandhya Roy and noted educationist Prof Sugata Basu

Siddaramaiah, the BJP candidate who lost to LR Shivaramegowda of the JD(S) in the Mandya bypolls held a few months ago, wants to contest the Lok Sabha polls again. In this regard, he met BS Yeddyurappa, who asked him to wait and watch

Rajasekharan is likely to be the BJP candidate contesting from Thiruvananthapuram as well as the National Democratic Alliance convenor. And as per the consistent request of the RSS and the BJP, Rajasekharan resigned from the governor's post.
 

Candidates have to submit clippings of their declaration published in papers and parties have to submit details about the number of such candidates in a state

Actor-politician Pawan Kalyan has finalised the first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. The Janasena leader has not yet revealed the names of the 41 candidates.

Sumalatha, the wife of late Ambareesh, has urged her fans and citizens of Mandya not to pay any heed to rumours. She said she would announce her decision by the March 18. She further added that actor Darshan would be by her side and support her in all aspects
 

DK Shivakumar tried to convene a meeting with Mandya Congress leaders to convince them to support the JD(S) candidate and not Sumalatha Ambareesh. However, most of them gave the meeting a miss.