The Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to release its poll manifesto today for the May 10 Karnataka elections. The manifesto will be released by party president JP Nadda in presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. The party is expected to make promises for the development of various sections of the society. 


Sources close to ABP News told that the party is likely to make promises for girls passing class 12th in the state, youths, development of basic infrastructure, law and order, and women empowerment. 


One of the party leaders claimed that the manifesto will work to add new features to the development of the state and will lead to progress by giving a new direction to the state.


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The 224-member Karnataka Assembly will undergo polls on May 10 and the votes will be counted on May 13. A total of 3,632 candidates are in the fray with 707 from incumbent BJP and 651 from Congress while 1,720 candidates will contest as Independent. 


According to the ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll, Congress seems ahead in the race to form the next government in Karnataka with a projected seat range between 107 to 119 while BJP is expected to get seats somewhere between 74 and 86 and JDS between 23 and 35 seats. 


At around 40 per cent, Congress is expected to bag the most vote percentage with BJP following at 40 per cent and JD(S) at 17 per cent, and others at 8 per cent. 


While the Congress is yet to announce its CM candidate, according to ABP-Cvoter Karnataka Opinion Poll, Siddaramaiah is leading as the most preferred CM candidate with 41 per cent of respondents voting in his favour followed by Basavaraj Bommai with 31 per cent. JDS’s HD Kumaraswamy is at number three at 22 per cent, followed by Congress leader DK Shivakumar at 3 per cent and others also at 3 per cent.