Sonia to launch poll campaign from Karnataka today

October 5th, 2009 BELLARY - Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will today undertake an aerial survey of flood-affected areas of Karnataka's Bellary district. Sonia Gandhi and Chidambaram will arrive here by a special flight.

June 11th, 2009 RAE BARELI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi will arrive here today on a day-long visit. According to party sources, Gandhi will reach at Fursatganj and later she will proceed to Feroz Gandhi Degree College to interact with the party workers.

May 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy Monday offered his party's support to the Congress-led government at the centre but wanted assurance of development in his state Karnataka.

May 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday said his party JD(S) has an "open mind" if UPA seeks its support. "So far, we have not decided on anything.

May 13th, 2009 BANGALORE - Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) president H.D. Deve Gowda Wednesday said too much should not be read into his son and party leader H.D.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Seldom do the websites of political parties name opponents in their campaign material. But the Bharatiya Janata Party has put out an in-your-face ad with a direct attack on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

April 6th, 2009 RAE BARELI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi will file her nomination papers from Rae Bareilly constituency today. Sonia will be accompanied by her son and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

March 29th, 2009 JAMMU - Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Jammu and Kashmir to campaign for Congress candidates in the Lok Sabha polls. Congress party sources told IANS that both will campaign in Jammu and Udhampur parliamentary constituencies of the Jammu region.

March 23rd, 2009 DAVANGERE - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday launched her party's campaign for the general elections from this Karnataka town by targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and promising 'development and growth'. 'You have to decide what politics you want; on the one hand you have the Congress which has led country on the path of development and growth.

March 23rd, 2009 DAVANGERE - Congress president Sonia Gandhi is launching her party's campaign for the Lok Sabha elections from Davangere town in Karnataka later Monday. 'Davangere, which is centrally located in the state, is significant for us, as it was from here that Sonia Gandhi launched the party's campaign for 1999 state assembly elections, resulting in our victory and return to power.

March 22nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Congress president Sonia Gandhi will launch the party's campaign for the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka at a rally in Davangere Monday, though the party is yet to nominate candidates for any of the 28 seats in the state. The state goes to polls April 23 and 30.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress President Sonia Gandhi is likely to launch the party campaign for the Lok Sabha elections from Davangere in Karnataka March 23, party sources said Monday. Launching the election campaign from Karnataka is a strategic decision for the party as the state was once considered its stronghold but was lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2008.

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Saturday said 'all options' on alliance in Karnataka for the Lok Sabha polls were open even as former chief minister S. Bangarappa, who quit the Samajwadi Party, returned to the party to 'strengthen secular forces'.

March 8th, 2009 PATNA - The Election Commission will launch a campaign during the Lok Sabha elections too - to motivate the people to vote, Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami said Saturday.

January 29th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka Friday said it has not offered a party ticket to former Test captain Anil Kumble to fight the Lok Sabha polls from the state. Sources close to the spinner also said that all that talk of his jumping into the electoral fray is baseless.