Soon after taking the oath, Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka gave orders to implement five guarantees promised by the party in its poll manifesto while also blaming the Centre for the state's financial loses as a special grant of Rs 5,495 crore of the 15th Finance Commiss
Hitting out at the decisions of the Congress government during the first Cabinet meeting, former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that there is a huge difference between the ruling party's announcements and poll promises.
"Former PM, HD Deve Gowda is a senior leader and he will guide everyone when it comes to land, water, and language of Karnataka. Every year I will come and wish former PM Deve Gowda his birthday, this year too I come here to wish him," Bommai said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Congress leader Siddaramaiah were among others who greeted JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on his birthday.
"Delay in deciding the CM despite getting a full majority shows a lack of unity in the party. The Congress Party must stop playing politics, select a new CM and serve the people by forming the government", Bommai said.
Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the ongoing suspense over the chief ministerial face by Congress shows the "internal situation" in the party.
BJP managed to win 66 seats. Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) bagged 19 seats. Independents have won two seats while Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha and Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha won one seat each.
According to the Election Commission of India, Congress won 135 seats pushing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power in the only southern state it ruled and boosting its own prospects for the electoral battles ahead.
Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Sunday that BJP'S defeat in the Karnataka assembly election is not a defeat of Prime Minister Modi adding that "Congress leadership has lost in the entire country".
After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the Karnataka Assembly elections, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday tendered his resignation to Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.