Bengaluru South Lok Sabha Candidate Tejasvi Surya said on Thursday that the BJP, in alliance with JDS, will win with a margin of over 5 lakh in Bengaluru South Parliamentary Constituency.
Karnataka Congress Chief and State Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has accused the Centre of "stepmotherly treatment" to Karnataka regarding funds for several development projects amid drought conditions.
A clash erupted between Janata Dal (Secular) JDS and the Bharatiya Janata Party workers during a joint coordination meeting in Tumakuru district earlier yesterday.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday said that the alliance of the BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) will have a "positive impact" on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar claimed on Friday that many party workers from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (Secular) are eager to join the ranks of the Congress party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
"I can understand the frustration of the BJP. They have lost badly despite both parties (BJP-JDS) coming together and trying every trick in the book to get an extra Rajya Sabha seat from Karnataka," Hussain told ANI.
The Rajya Sabha election scene in Karnataka heated up after the BJP-JD(S) combine fielded its Kupendra Reddy, even though the alliance had the strength to win only one out of the four seats.
The entry of multi-millionaire real estate baron, D Kupendra Reddy, a Janata Dal (Secular)-BJP candidate has turned the elections to the fourth seat into a keen contest.
Speaking at a convention of Gruhalakshmi beneficiaries here, he said, "We worship Earth as Mother Earth, every village has a village goddess, women get first preference even in our invitations. Women are the centre of our culture, they are the power driving our country."
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said that BJP and JDS are trying to disturb the peace and tranquility of the State for political gains violating the 'shanti mantra' of Mahatma Gandhi.