Bengaluru, May 18 (PTI) He is known as the "trouble shooter" of the Congress but when it came to becoming the Chief Minister, D K Shivakumar couldn't clear the hurdle and was pipped to the post by Siddaramaiah. With Shivakumar as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, the party scored a resounding victory in the May...
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI) With a strong showing by the Congress in the Karnataka assembly polls, senior party leader P Chidambaram on Saturday congratulated the state's people for a "decisive verdict" and said they stood up to the "money and muscle power of the so-called double engine government" of the BJP. The Congress was striding...
Bengaluru, May 13 (PTI) Overcome with emotions, Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar on Saturday broke down while reacting to the Assembly elections results and gave credit to the Gandhi family for reposing their faith in his leadership in the State. With tears rolling down his cheeks, the former Minister thanked the party cadres and leaders...
Bengaluru, May 13 (PTI) A renewed energy seems to have been infused into the 75-year old Congress leader Siddaramaiah's gait as he walked to address a packed press conference in Mysore on Saturday. "This (election result in Karnataka) will be a stepping stone for Congress' victory in 2024," Siddaramaiah said, losing no time in sending the...
Jaipur, May 13 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Karnataka has chosen the politics of development over communal politics, reacting to the assembly election result trends that showed the Congress marching towards victory. The Congress was striding forward with leads in 117 seats while the BJP was ahead in 75 in Karnataka, according to Election...
Bengaluru, May 13 (PTI) A resurgent Congress appeared headed for a simple majority in Karnataka, and on course to wrest power from the BJP in a morale-boosting victory ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections. As per the latest trends, the M Mallikarjun Kharge-led party was leading in 119 constituencies, well above the 113-mark needed...
Puducherry, May 13 (PTI) With the Congress on Saturday establishing a lead in the Karnataka Assembly elections over its rival-the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-, leaders and cadres of the party in Puducherry began celebrating the trends. The Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee president A V Subramanian said in a release that "the Congress has vanquished the BJP...
Mysuru (K'taka), May 13 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the party will come to power on its own by winning over 120 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly and claimed the visits of BJP brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no impact on the voters of the state. The former...
Benglauru, May 12 (PTI) Congress state president D K Shivakumar on Friday junked the exit poll results in which the party, though it gains the highest number of seats, has to contend with a hung Assembly. He insisted that the party will win at least 141 seats and form a majority government. There was a wave...
Karnataka, May 10: In a "rare incident", a 23-year-old woman delivered a baby at a polling station in Karnataka's Ballari on Wednesday, the Election Commission said. The woman had arrived at the polling station in Kurlagindi village of Ballari to exercise her right to franchise in the assembly elections, the poll panel said. Women officials and female...
