Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday expressed gratitude to the party workers for working relentlessly during the election campaign and hoped that their struggle will "definitely bear fruit", as the exit polls gave an edge to the grand old party after polling concluded in the southern
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday offered prayer at Saundatti Shri Renuka Yellama Temple located in Belagavi ahead of the counting of the votes for the Karnataka Assembly elections that will take place Saturday.
Congress is expected to have a clear edge in Karnataka in the assembly elections held on Wednesday with four exit polls giving it a full majority and some predicting a hung assembly with an advantage to the party.
With reference to Gandhi's address at a campaign rally in Hubballi on May 6, the Congress on the same day, attributing to Sonia Gandhi tweeted that the Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson "sends a strong message to 6.5 crore Kannadigas".
After the exit polls predicted Congress's edge over the BJP in Karnataka polls, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday hoped that the BJP will learn a lesson on May 13, the day on which the results of Karnataka Assembly elections will be declared.
Karnataka sends as many as 28 members to the Lok Sabha, second only to Tamil Nadu at 39, and, losing the state would come as a setback for the BJP and its plans to extend its electoral footprint beyond Karnataka.
Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) launched the exercise to select good speakers under the campaign 'Congress Ki Aawaz' to ensure the propagation of the state government's achievements during the upcoming assembly elections and highlight the shortcomings of the Bharatiya Janata P
Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, the Congress MLA said, "My first reaction (to the exit-poll projections) is that I don't believe these numbers. I stand by my assessment, that we will win more than 146 seats. People are knowledgeable and educated and have voted considering the larger interes
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday voted in Ramanagara and said that JD(S) party will be the 'King' in the Karnataka Assembly polls.
Amid exit-poll projections showing the grand old party having an edge over the BJP in Karnataka assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi thanked party workers and leaders for a "well-run, dignified and solid people-oriented campaign."
A clarification issued by the Goa government on Tuesday said, "The electors of Karnataka state were considered as per Section 135-B of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951."
Congress is expected to have a clear edge in Karnataka in the assembly elections held on Wednesday with four exit polls giving it a full majority and some predicting a hung assembly with an advantage to the party