Karnataka poll dance: Which way would EC swing?
VideoBangalore: Will he, won’t he? All eyes in Karnataka are on the Chief Election Commissioner and his team as they arrive in Bangalore to review preparations of electoral rolls and redrawing of constituencies. The buzz in political circles, and one that’s suddenly got all politicians into a huddle, is the strong rumour that the Commission is preparing to conduct elections to the Karnataka Assembly by the May 28 – the date President’s rule in Karnataka expires.The Congress is especially worried. With redrawn boundaries and some leaders losing their constituencies, the task seems tougher. Insecurities within the party are manifesting itself in asking the commission to delay the elections. var so = new SWFObject(‘/swf/akamai/IBNLive640x397_14dec.swf’, ‘videoPlayer’, ‘640’, ‘397’, ‘9’, ‘#ffffff’);so.addParam(‘allowFullScreen’, ‘true’);so.addParam(‘wmode’, ‘transparent’);so.addParam(‘AllowScriptAccess’, ‘always’);so.addVariable(‘flv’,’03_2008/karnataka_ec.flv’);so.addVariable(‘Image’,”);