Karnataka: FM Ex-CM Yediyurappa, Sitharaman, and Narayana Murthy of Infosys are among the early votes

In the Karnataka Assembly elections on Wednesday, early voters included Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, veteran of the IT sector N.R. Narayana Murthy and his wife Sudha Murthy, and ‘Rajamate’ Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of the Mysuru royal family.

During the early voting period, which started at 7 am, Siddalinga Swamiji, seer of the Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru, actor Ramesh Arvind, senior Congress politician G Parameshwara, and ministers R Ashoka, Araga Jnanendra, C N Ashwath Narayan, and K Sudhakar all exercised their right to vote.

In Bengaluru’s Jayanagar neighbourhood, Sitharaman, a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka, cast her ballot with Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murthy.

Manoj Kumar Meena, the chief electoral officer for Karnataka, and Tushar Giri Nath, chief of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), also participated in the voting.

“I won’t ask you who you will vote for or why you vote, because everyone has their own opinion and decision, but everyone should vote,” Sudha Murty said, urging people to cast their ballots. We cast ballots in all elections.

She stated, “I can only say individuals who don’t have patriotism do such things, regarding people who “go out” without voting. Vote first, then get up early and go wherever you like.

Yediyurappa, a pillar of the BJP, went to a temple in the morning before casting his ballot at Shikaripura in the Shivamogga district with his sons, party candidate B Y Vijayendra and Shivamogga MP B Y Raghavendra.

Vijayendra will win in Shikaripura by a margin of over 40,000 votes, according to Yediyurappa, who predicted the results after voting. “Based on the developmental works of (PM) Modi and (Basavaraj) Bommai government and my travel across the state, I’m saying that we will win 125-130 seats and form the government on our own,” Yediyurappa said.

Senior adults led from the front at certain polling places in Bengaluru, where voting was brisk.