Former Karnataka chief miunister and the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramiah, on Thursday said he was confident that the Congress would win the next Assembly elections in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka has brought development and good governance in those districts which were declared backward by previous governments.
Congress leader Saleem Ahmed on Saturday lashed out against the Karnataka government and claimed that the "life" left of the government is just "90 days", apparently referring to the Assembly polls which will be held in three months.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has started strengthening and restructuring its booth committees as part of efforts to retain its government in Karnataka, which it considers a gateway to the Southern part of the country.
The new organisation will be set up keeping in mind the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, said Dilip Pandey, the party's election-in-charge in the state.
"Lingayat votes hold the key for our party and without a doubt, BSY is one of our most popular Lingayat faces and we are banking on him to take the saffron surge forward," a top BJP leader told ANI.
Months before the assembly election in Karnataka, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) senior leader and the state's former Chief Minister SM Krishna announced his retirement from active politics on Wednesday.
Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly election, State Congress president DK Shivakumar asked that when BJP is contesting polls in PM Narendra Modi's name and the party does not have big state leaders, then will PM Modi run the state in future?
Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday hit back at Union Home Minister Amit Shah and said that the "beginning of the end" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has begun in the state.
The Home Minister also dismissed the rumours of the party allying with the JD(S) for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections slated next year and announced that the BJP will contest alone.