"I am a tough candidate and they will keep on levelling allegations against me. They have been saying all this for 2-3 months. We will be waiting for court orders. We haven't had a judgment on my case yet. BJP has many criminals, they should pay attention to that first," Vinay Kulkarni to
Speaking to ANI, Siddaramaiah said, "My relationship with DK Shivakumar is cordial. There are no differences between us. Of course, differences exist in democracy but it is not detrimental to the interests of the party".
Siddaramaiah said, "I am contesting from Varuna assembly constituency as my native village comes under this constituency. This is going to be my last election. I will retire from electoral politics." He further added that he will still be in active politics but won't accept any posts whic
"No one would have come to listen to Bommai, JP Nadda and there wouldn't have been much crowd at PM's events or Amit Shah's. Seats would have remained vacant. BJP is panic-stricken", MP Surjewala said.
Reacting to Congress leader DK Shivakumar's promise of cancelling the scrapping of the four per cent Muslim quota after coming to power, Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai said that the Congress party cannot even touch the reservation.
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Friday took a dig at BJP and said while the Congress has released two lists of candidates for assembly polls in the state, the BJP has not been able "to release even its first list"
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader BS Yediyurappa on Friday said that the party will soon finalise the list of candidates for the State Assembly elections, scheduled to be held on May 10.
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Friday said that if the grand old party came to power in the assembly elections, it would cancel the scrapping of 4 percent Muslim quota by the ruling government.
The Central Election Committee of the BJP may hold a meeting at the party office on April 9 for finalising candidates for the Karnataka assembly elections, said party sources.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh said, "The way Congress leader Surjewala and others levelled attack the party, it shows that there is frustration in the minds of Congress members as they are losing the forthcoming State Assembly elec