A day after quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jagadish Shettar on Monday joined Congress ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections in Karnataka.
"Reservation for SC/STs should be proportional to their population. (The Union government) should lift 50 per cent cap in reservation," Rahil Gandhi said.
Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Annamalai on Sunday exuded confidence that in the upcoming State Assembly elections in Karnataka, the ruling party will come back to power with a full majority.
Six-time MLA and former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday questioned the double standards of the party as on one hand top leadership is giving an opportunity to the younger generation in electoral politics and on the contrary
Shettar, a six-time MLA from the constituency who was reportedly advised by the party to stand down and not seek a fresh term as MLA from the Hubli-Dharwad Central segment, following which his followers expressed their anguish against the party's high command.
The political fight ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections is intensifying as the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday sought clarification from Congress regarding its alleged relation with the banned outfit Popular Front of India and its political wing SDPI.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will contest at least 40 seats in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, said the party state president Hari R on Saturday.
NCP is likely to field candidates in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, according to sources. During the 2018 polls, NCP contested 14 seats in Karnataka.
"Congress President has approved the proposal for the appointment of AICC Observers for Bangalore City and AICC Assembly Level Observers to oversee the Election Preparations for the ensuing Assembly Elections in Karnataka-2023, in selective assembly segment/s assigned to each of them, as