Speaking to reporters in Hubballi, Kateel said, "BJP is making efforts to win more seats in Old Mysore, a JDS stronghold. A lot of publicity work is being done and BJP is also calling star campaigners."
Taking a swipe at Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, political analyst Prashant Kishor on Tuesday said that Tejashwi, who had promised 10 lakh jobs, would not have got a job himself had he not been the son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav.
"We will go ahead together. We have no personal ego, we want to work together collectively. I have made just one request to Nitish Kumar. Jayaprakash (Narayan ) ji's movement started from Bihar," Mamata said.
Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections in the state, the incumbent CM said the other name of the grand old party was corruption.
While addressing the media, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said, "If he is saying that then tell him to do it. Have you ever heard me say these words? Those who use such words have no brain. They can do whatever they want".
Manjunath, a former BJP MLC and a prominent Lingayat face, quit the party on Thursday over the denial of the ticket from the Shivamogga constituency and joined the JD(S).
In an interim relief, the Supreme Court on Monday permitted DC Gowrishankaraswamy to contest the upcoming Karnataka Assembly election with a condition and also stayed the Karnataka High Court order that had set aside the election of Gowrishankarswamy from the Tumkur Rural seat in the 2018
Former Prime Minister HD Dewegowda's grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy on Monday filed his nomination as a candidate of Janata Dal-Secular for the May 10 Assembly polls and expressed confidence that the party will be voted to power in Karnataka.
Former prime minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Deve Gowda on Saturday said that he will stand with left parties in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.