Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday lashed out at Congress and Aam Aadmi Party for objectionable slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said that their prayers would not be heard as the people of the country are praying for his long life.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has exuded confidence in returning to power again in the state in the upcoming Assembly elections while also stating that the Congress party would not win the elections because of its "bad track record".
Lashing out at Siddaramaiah for his "poll agent" remark against BJP national president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday sought to know whether former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is working as the party agent.
Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Friday challenged JD(S) legislature party leader HD Kumaraswamy to field a Muslim candidate for Chief Minister's post in the upcoming Assembly election.
HD Kumarswamy, earlier, gave a new statement on Union Minister Prahlad Joshi, saying that if the BJP comes to power in the state this time, "a Brahmin" will be the Chief Minister.
He alleged that the BJP wrongfully colluded with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to remove Siddaramiah from the post of Chief Minister and replaced him with Basvaraj Bommai.
In the run-up to the big battle of Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party will launch four mega rath yatras which the party is likely to call 'Vijaya Yatras'.
With the Karnataka Assembly polls drawing near, the ruling BJP and Opposition Congress ave unleashed a charm offensive on the people and are wooing them with pressure cookers.
Karnataka Minister KC Narayana Gowda has said that he has "immense respect" for Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah and would not criticise him.
Ahead of the upcoming Karnataka assembly polls this year, the Congress party on Wednesday launched the party's Prajadhwani Yatra from Veer Soudha in Tilakwadi, Belagavi.