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The Election Commission is set to announce on Wednesday the dates for voting for Karnataka Assembly polls...
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is going to Kolar to address an election rally ahead of the Karnataka polls..
Interestingly, it was because of remarks at a poll speech at Kolar in 2019 that recently got him convicted in a criminal defamation case and his disqualification as an MP...
It was Rahul Gandhi's 'Modi surname' remarks during a rally in Kolar ahead of the 2019 general elections that saw a case of criminal defamation filed against him at a court in Surat, Gujarat..
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