JD(S) youth wing president and Channapatna bye-election candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy expressed gratitude to the people of Channapatna for their support and reiterated his commitment to the constituency's development, despite his electoral defeat.
Congress leader E Annapoorna expressed gratitude for winning the Sandur assembly bypoll in Karnataka, saying that the people of the constituency have voted for the party's guarantees qand considered her as part of the community.
As Congress won all three assembly seats in the Karnataka bypolls, party's MLA Sharath Bachegowda said that the results show how people have given a clear mandate based on the schemes and facilities the government has provided. He also said that the results show how the state has repeatedly
BJP turncoat CP Yogeshwara, who joined the Congress in October is leading from the Channapatna seat, counting for which began on Saturday morning, as per the early trends from the Election Commission of India.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Karnataka Minister Manohar Tahasildar passed away on Monday in a private hospital in Bengaluru at the age of 78.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is also the JD(S) State Youth Unit President, is competing against CP Yogeshwara, who joined the Congress after resigning as BJP MLC recently.
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by former Janta Dal (S) MP Prajwal Revanna on Monday challenging the Karnataka High Court's order denying him bail in connection with case of rape and sexual abuse.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah slammed the BJP and JD(S) alliance during a program on Tuesday, where he discussed family politics while defending the Congress party's choice of candidates, including Yasir Khan Pathan for the Shigaon ticket.
Reacting to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's critical comments about his father and Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, JD (S) leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy said that he is focusing on development-oriented politics and that he does not want to engage in personal and below-the-belt atta
During an emotionally charged campaign rally, Nikhil said "The setbacks we faced were not due to a lack of support from the people, but because of Congress's hidden conspiracies against us."
Speaking during his campaign in various villages of Channapatna, Kumaraswamy alleged that during the last assembly election, Congress allegedly distributed gift coupons worth Rs 3,000 and Rs 5,000 in constituencies like Ramanagara and Magadi.