K’taka bypolls: Cong leading in all 3 segments, Kumaraswamy’s son trails by 18,029 votes
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which was leading in all three Assembly segments early on has suffered a setback.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which was leading in all three Assembly segments early on has suffered a setback.
Karnataka Home Minister and senior Congress leader Dr G Parameshwara stated here on Friday that Prime Minister Modi is allegedly engaged in false propaganda and lies that the Congress has not implemented its election promises in the state.
Reacting to the advice of Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge the state units of his party to announce guarantees aligned with their budgets, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad demanded an apology from him as going by his own admission he and his party misled the public.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday clarified that there was no question of discontinuing any of the guarantee schemes including the Shakti scheme.
Karnataka Lokayukta, probing the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case, was preparing to issue summons to first accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, sources said on Saturday.
Party spokesman Pawan Khera wondered how many days will the party take to take a decision in the state after 11 of its ministers bit the dust in the recently-concluded polls.
However, the party may consider Mamata Banerjee’s proposal to support the Congress in areas where the party is strong.
With both contenders to chief minister’s post, former CM Siddaramaiah and PCC chief D K Shivakumar, refusing to back down, the party faces a dilemma.
Even as Congress' Karnataka unit chief D.K. Shivakumar called off his Delhi trip to meet party President Mallikarjun Kharge citing ill-health, his brother and party MP D.K. Suresh arrived in the national capital and said that he wants his brother to be as the Chief Minister.
The senior Congress leader repeated the allegation that huge corruption has taken place in awarding contracts to install Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled cameras across the state.
