Bharat Express

Congress

Several BJP leaders are attacking the Congress for the delay in naming a chief ministerial candidate in Karnataka despite intense lobbying for the position.

The Congress' attack came after PM Modi gave out appointment letters to nearly 71,000 persons during a 'Rozgar Mela' on Tuesday

No, Nothing has been discussed thus far. Tomorrow (Tuesday), I'm flying to New Delhi, where we'll talk about everything: DK Shivakumar

For Karnataka, hung assembly has been a customary norm but this time INC passed the test of democracy, where it's actually hanging is the decision to choose a chief minister out of two impactful and strong leaders who are in the race and no one seems to back off. 

The observers spoke individually to all the newly elected MLAs after dinner at a private hotel on Sunday night and completed the process late at night.

Former chief minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president D K Shivakumar are both considered front runners for the position of chief minister

Not even 19 rallies and six road shows by PM Narendra Modi could bring the BJP home. Twelve ministers of the outgoing Bommai government failed to save their constituencies.

Mehbooba said that be it Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi, they built a narrative around development, employment and welfare schemes, and people voted for that.

The former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal is leading in 30 segments, and others in 5 seats. BJP leader and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (Shiggaon) and Congress State unit President D K Shivakumar (Kanakapura) were leading in their respective seats. 

The predictions shows  a clear majority for the Congress with 122-140 seats in the 224-member assembly and gave the BJP 62-80 seats.