The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Yeddyurappa demands polls in February

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Yeddyurappa demands polls in February

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BANGALORE: The former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa has said that elections to the Legislative Assembly should be held in February and that a BJP delegation would call on Governor Rameshwar Thakur and impress upon him that elections should be held without any delay.

Mr. Yeddyurappa said the BJP would be fielding candidates in all the 224 Assembly constituencies in the State and that the party had decided to go it alone. Based on the understanding at the national level, if need be, the party would share some seats with the Janata Dal (United).

The former Chief Minister, who has been on an intensive tour of the old Mysore region, was addressing a meeting of the newly elected BJP members of the urban local bodies.

The BJP is likely to hold a rally in Hassan , on Sunday.

BJP State unit president D.V. Sadananda Gowda, party general secretary H.N. Ananth Kumar and the former Ministers Jagadish Shettar, Ramachandra Gowda, D.H. Shankaramurthy and K.S. Eshwarappa addressed the meeting.

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