Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party will return to power in Karnataka with the "largest majority" and said that the Kannada film actor Kichcha Sudeep will accompany him during nomination filing tomorrow.
Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Tuesday slammed the Congress saying that the party that divided the country for seven decades is now itself divided.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will embark on a three-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka from April 21 as the state gears up for a fierce political battle in the month of May.
Congress leader and former minister KJ George filed his nomination from Sarvagna Nagar constituency on Tuesday for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections.
The Banjara community has influence in more than 30 Assembly seats out of 224 in Karnataka. Aware of this, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress have fielded 13 and 3 candidates, respectively, from the influential community.
BJP on Monday announced its candidate for the Hubballi-Dharwad Central seat hours after former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar joined the Congress as the electioneering picked up momentum in the southern state with the nomination process to end in two days.
Coming down heavily on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the ruling party and RSS of attacking the democracy in India.
After prominent Lingayat leader Jagadish Shettar defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined the Congress ahead of the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the former Karnataka chief minister would be used and later thrown out by C
After former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar joined Congress quitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Assembly elections in the State, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said the joining of the prominent Lingayat leader will empower the party.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday said that the way former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar was treated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should not be meted out to anyone.