Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Monday filed his nomination from Kanakapura constituency in the Ramanagara district for the State Assembly polls and said that the party will surpass the 150 seats mark in the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Shettar arrived at the Congress office in Bengaluru this morning . His induction to the party took place in the presence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Karnataka state Congress president DK Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Siddaramaiah.
In this regard, Jagadish Shettar took to Twitter and said, "Fed up with the political events of the past few days, I have resigned from my MLA seat and will discuss my next move with the activists. As usual, I believe that your love and blessings will always be with me".
Amid row over the entry of Amul in Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, state party chief DK Shivakumar and general secretary KC Venugopal visited Nandini Milk parlour in JP Nagar, Bengaluru on Sunday.
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.
The Congress' state chief said, "Along with Lakshman Savadi, many more BJP leaders will join the Congress party. We unanimously welcome everyone to the party. He informed me that he will meet the chairman of Vidhan Parishad at 4 pm today, submit his resignation, and join the Congress part
The Congress declared 124 candidates in its first list and another 42 candidates in the second list of 224 seats on which elections will be held on May 10
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) SC Morcha President Lal Singh Arya on Thursday exuded confidence that the Schedule Caste community is in party's side and will usher the ruling party in Karnataka to reach the helm for the second consecutive term.
At the Jio Studio's event in Mumbai on Wednesday night, the 'October' actor posed with four directors with whom he has already worked. Taking to Instagram, director Nitesh Tiwari shared the precious frame and wrote the name of the movies according to the directors standing beside them.
Amid the speculations of Karnataka Milk Federation's famed dairy brand 'Nandini' merging with Gujarat-based dairy cooperative Amul, State BJP MLC Chalavadi T Narayanaswamy on Monday said that the issue is a part of the "false propaganda" of Congress and Janata Dal-Secular.
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has hit out at the Congress for running a "misinformation campaign." State BJP general secretary Ravi Kumar stated that the brand is number two in the country and soon will begin exports too.