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.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will contest at least 40 seats in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, said the party state president Hari R on Saturday.
NCP is likely to field candidates in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, according to sources. During the 2018 polls, NCP contested 14 seats in Karnataka.
"There is no setback for BJP. Laxman Savadi lost the MLA election, if he was such a big leader, why was he defeated? The fact that he has left the party is a concern for him, not for us (BJP). Congress will soon show him his place" Arun Singh said.
After former Karnataka deputy chief minister Laxman Savadi decided to join the Congress on Friday, BJP Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh said that the former has made a big mistake and will regret it later.
Savadi met the Congress's state president Shivakumar and the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah at the latter's residence in Bengaluru on Friday.
Karnataka BJP leader and son of former chief minister BS yediyurappa's son BY Vijayendra on Friday said that he will be contesting the assembly polls from Shikaripur.
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.
Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Arun Singh on Thursday, said that there is a wave of pro-incumbency regarding the party in the state of Karnataka, and it will register a historic victory in the upcoming assembly elections.