Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on Sunday said that the grand old party reached out to the Communist Party of India and added that its entire cadre will without any pre-condition support the party.
Communist Party of India has decided to extend support to Congress in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls on 215 constituencies, the party said in a statement on Sunday.
As leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party jumped ship to Congress ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections, state Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Saturday claimed that a few leaders in the BJP are "fed up" with it and the party is now a "divided house".
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to participate in the Basava Jayanti celebrations in Bagalkote district on Sunday, which is being seen as an effort by the party to boost its Lingayat outreach ahead of assembly polls
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who joined the ranks of Congress said that hurting his self-respect will definitely affect the vote bank of BJP since the people of the state are wise enough not to cast their vote in favour of the saffron party.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has stepped up its campaign for Karnataka assembly polls with party chief JP Nadda holding a roadshow and rally in Bidar and Union Home Minister Amit Shah holding a meeting with Karnataka BJP leaders
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who joined the ranks of Congress ahead of the State Assembly polls, on Friday said he left the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as his self-respect was hurt. .
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Bal Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said that union ministers are "engrossed" in the campaigning for upcoming Karnataka Assembly Polls, while crucial issues like Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch terror attack are being ignored.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda held a roadshow in Bidar on Friday in support of party candidates as the campaigning gears up for the state assembly polls scheduled next month.
After the BJP candidate Prakash Khandre filed his nomination papers from Bhalki, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that the time has come for the downfall of those who rule against the people and they will "bite the dust".
Highly upset by the exit of two top Lingayat leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa called a meeting of several MLAs belonging to the community to deliberate on the action plan as the state Assembly elections are less than a month from now, so