All three major political parties in the state - BJP, Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) have put all their efforts to woo the voters, making promises and launching accusations at each other to secure a majority in the state's 224-seat Assembly.
Ahead of PM Modi's mega roadshow in Bengaluru on Saturday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is "locking up" the entire city and creating "chaos and uncertainty" for the students.
"First they (Congress) called us a 40-per cent commssion government and now they are carrying out this PayCM campaign against us. Neither of these campaigns have failed to resonate with the masses. Now there is a Modi Tsunami in the state. Disturbed by the BJP's popularity in the state, the
Karnataka cabinet minister CN Ashwathnarayan on Sunday said that former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who joined the Congress, will be a setback for the grand old party.
Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo HD Deve Gowda on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of forging an alliance with Congress for the upcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka and said that former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy does not want to go with any party aiming to s
Soon after the schedule for the Karnataka Assembly polls was announced, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that the party will win the polls and the high command with the opinion of the victorious candidates will decide the chief ministerial face.