BJP’s performance in Haryana will be worse than Karnataka: Hooda
The Congress leader asserted that the Congress will form the government in Haryana by registering a bigger victory than in the southern state.
The Congress leader asserted that the Congress will form the government in Haryana by registering a bigger victory than in the southern state.
Meanwhile, Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh took a dig at the BJP, saying that the saffron party has been wiped out from Southern India.
The Congress was headed towards winning 136 seats on its own, while the BJP was reaching a tally of 65 seats, as the Election Commission was close to giving a final picture of the results on Saturday.
"People of Karnataka have given a befitting reply to BJP leaders for lodging a false case and reviving it in Gujarat's court against RaGa over his speech in Wayanad over alleged “Modi surname,” said the Rajasthan chief minister.
The early trends for Karnataka assembly election results showed Congress crossing the halfway mark, and Siddaramaiah leading from the Varuna constituency.
ECI has asked all political parties to get "clearance" from media certification and monitoring committee (MCMC) before publishing any advertisement in print media on date of polling and a day prior.
The campaigning has intensified in the state of Karnataka ahead of the assembly elections. Karnataka will go to polls on May 10 and the votes will be counted on May 13.
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his mega roadshow in Bengaluru on Sunday, standing on a vehicle bedecked with flowers, with huge crowds lining the streets and showering him with petals, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi rode pillion on a delivery boy's scooter to reach his hotel.
Emphasising that the double engine government was a guarantee of security and development, he added: “India has come a long way in the last nine years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
PM Modi is scheduled to hold two mega road shows and four public meetings this weekend, as per the party sources.
