1. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi will be in Karnataka today to campaign for their party’s candidates. Ms. Gandhi will address a rally in Chitradurga and in Bengaluru. Mr. Shah will lead a roadshow in the evening in Bengaluru South Lok Sabha constituency, and later leave for Kochi (Kerala).
2. Congress stages protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Vidhana Soudha against alleged discrimination by the Centre on drought relief. The Supreme Court yesterday reminded the Centre and Karnataka about the need to amicably resolve differences that arise in a federal structure, even as the Union Government assured that “something will be done” to resolve the drought worries of Karnataka in a week’s time. Karnataka has filed a case against the Centre for delaying drought relief to Karnataka.
3. BJP MLC K.P. Nanjundi, a jeweller belonging to the Vishwa Karma community, submitted his resignation to Council Chairperson Basavaraj Horatti, at his residence in Hubballi.
