The alliance of Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to form the government in Andhra Pradesh as according to the early trends, the TDP is leading on 127 seats and the BJP on 7 seats.
According to the exit polls, the JDS-BJP alliance in Karnataka is poised to win 23 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats, of which BJP will end up winning 22 seats while the Congress may win just five seats.
The consistent bull run in Indian stock indices - Sensex and Nifty -- continued through Thursday, and touched fresh highs yet again, reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion that BJP-led alliance is on track to form the government for a record third term.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi predicted a historic win for the BJP in the upcoming election and forecasted record highs for the stock markets on June 4, the benchmark Nifty index crossed the 22,800 mark for the first time during Thursday's session.
Andhra Pradesh State Education Minister and senior YSRCP leader, Botsa Satyanarayana, questioned how Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP can forge an alliance with the BJP without demanding to stop the privatization of the steel plant.
"Why didn't Prajwal Revanna and Deve Gowda raise their voice in the Parliament about the injustice being done by the BJP to the state?" Siddaramaiah said at Hassan.
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and candidate from Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency, O Panneerselvam on Friday casts his vote at a polling booth in Theni.
TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu said that he will always stand by the poor and their upliftment will be taken care of by the TDP-JSP-BJP alliance if they come to power in the state.
"Under YSRCP, Pedakurapadu is famous for Sankara Rao, who is a local YSRCP MLA. The YSRCP MLA has built a road on the Krishna River to loot sand. I assure you that we will provide free sand and will save 40 lakh building construction workers by taking action against the sand mafia," Naidu
Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) aims to solve the problems regarding water in the state.
Speaking to the media at a press conference, Dhinakaran said, "We had a phone conversation with Union Ministers (VK Singh & Kishan Reddy) via TN BJP state president Annamalai. Talks are smooth. We will support the NDA. Unfortunately, I was out of town so we had a phone conversation."
After the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) announced to contest the Lok Sabha Polls in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday said that he is ready to fight against the alliance and said that Chandra Babu Naidu's cycle is rusted and