Poll Updates

Bengaluru, Apr 30: Riding a ‘Modi wave’, the BJP will form the next government in Karnataka with absolute majority, its chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa said on Monday, and ruled out a post-poll alliance with the JD(S) “as of now”. Pollsters have predicted a hung Assembly in Karnataka, with neither the ruling Congress nor the BJP attaining a majority. They have said the JD(S), of former

Ramnagara, Apr 30: Former Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, who recently joined Congress after quitting JD(S), has said that Deve Gowda-led party is currently facing dearth of campaigners for looming Karnataka assembly polls. Speaking to media persons here on Monday, Mr Khan charged that JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy was hiring people for his campaigns. "People are attending the JD(S)

Kalaburagi, Apr 30: Amid criticism over mining baron G Janardhana Reddy taking part in electioneering in poll-bound Karnataka, state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa today said the former minister was campaigning for his friend B Sriramulu and not for the party. He also asserted BJP would win the assembly elections and he would take oath as Chief Minister with the blessings of Prime minister Narendra

Mudigere, Apr 30: Energy Minister D K Shivakumar said the BJP, which is up to changing the Constitution, is detrimental to the survival of the country. Speaking at an election campaign held in Adyantaya Rangamandira here on Sunday, he dared the BJP to reveal the facilities it has given to farmers during its tenure. “The BJP has been projecting ‘Anna Bhagya’ as the programme of the Union government

Mysuru, Apr 30: Former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Sunday said JD(S) will form the government and the party will strengthen itself in the coming days. Speaking to reporters at a private hotel in the city, Deve Gowda said, the party will form the government with the support of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). He also pointed out that corruption was rampant during the tenure of BJP

Bengaluru, Apr 30: BJP president Amit Shah and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy recently held a meeting on board a flight, according to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Siddaramaiah, while addressing a Congress rally in Belagavi on Sunday, charged that Shah and Kumaraswamy travelled together in a flight recently. The meeting of the two leaders showed that the BJP and the JD(S) had entered into a

Bengaluru, Apr 30: The JD(S) on Sunday released a 15-point charge sheet against the Congress, with party president H D Kumaraswamy launching a sharp attack against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for indulging in “devious” and “divisive” politics. Demanding that Siddaramaiah stop targeting his political opponent and fight a ‘clean and fair’ elections, Kumaraswamy raised several questions about the

Dammam, Apr 29: The Indian Social Forum, Saudi Arabia, has expressed disappointment that Karnataka’s ruling Congress in its recently released manifesto for May 12 assembly polls has ignored non-resident Kannadigas (NRKs) scattered across Gulf Cooperation Council. In a release issued here the ISF said: “After several promises made by the Karnataka’s ruling party, Gulf NRI community was expecting

Mangaluru, Apr 29: The hatred between Congress veteran B Ramanath Rai and Social Democratic Party of Indian has now turned into love and both have entered into wedlock, according to Harikrishna Bantwal, Spokesperson of Dakshina Kannada district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party. Mr Bantwal, who was expelled from the Congress party in 2015 on charge of anti-party activities, joined the BJP in 2017. In

Hassan, Apr 29: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda has accused Congress of destroying ant-graft watchdog Lokayukta in Karnataka and claimed credit for establishing it. Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, the former PM also accused the Congress of indulging in low level of politics and that the people would not believe in their manifesto. "Unable to digest the rising popularity of the JD(S), the