The Chief Minister said he sincerely believed that the 'secular duo’ would take Karnataka to newer heights through their able administration.
Results of the assembly polls were declared on May 13 and the 135 MLA-elects of the Congress on May 14 authorised party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge to take the final call on the appointment of the next CM. With the action shifting to Delhi, both the top aspirants - Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar have reached the national capital.
Congress scored a thumping win in the May 10 Assembly polls as it secured 135 seats out of 224, while the BJP bagged only 66.
Along with coastal Karnataka, the people of the IT capital and pub city were the face saver for the BJP. They tuned out all the noise and put their faith in the saffron party, once again.
The build-up on Hindutva issues like hijab, halal, ban on Muslim traders, began early last year, while the reservation policy was hurriedly changed and put out this year to appeal to Lingayats, Vokkaligas, and Dalits. Neither strategy managed to convince voters.
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The minister claimed that the party had done extremely well in some of the seats "beyond imagination".
Most pollsters, however, have also given an edge to the Congress over the ruling BJP
Both the Congress and the BJP rubbished the exit poll results, saying the numbers were far from the reality.
Activists say that the numbers may not tell the full story, and that the quality of the electoral rolls could also lead to the drop in polling percentages.
Karnataka Elections 2023: Both the voters and pollsters have spoken. The pollsters have been heard. The voter’s turn will come on May 13. Karnataka’s history of close contests since 2004 is slated to repeat this time too with the exit polls diverging: some predicting a narrow victory for Congress, others that it will be single largest party, and a few giving the edge to BJP
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced a key test on May 10 as the only southern state where his Hindu nationalist BJP party holds power went to the polls a year before national elections.
Polling for the high voltage Karnataka Assembly Elections kicked off early in the morning today and notable personalities were seen casting their vote and urged the citizens of the state to exercise their democratic right.
An aggregate of the major surveys suggest that the Congress holds an edge in a tight battle against the incumbent BJP. A possibility of a hung assembly cannot be ruled out, which will allow the JD(S) to play the role of kingmaker.
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Karnataka Election 2023 Highlights: 5,31,33,054 electors are eligible to cast their vote for 2,615 possible candidates at 58,545 polling stations. Voters include 2,67,28,053 male, 2,64,00,074 female and 4,927 are 'others'. Tight security is in place for voting on May 10.
Karnataka Election 2023 news highlights: A day before Karnataka goes to the polls, all Congress candidates signed a "solemn pledge" to deliver on the "five guarantees" promised by the party to the people of the state if elected.
The result will reflect the BJP’s ability to retain its foothold in the Lingayat belt in the parliamentary polls after the exodus of prominent leaders
Karnataka Elections 2023: Channapatna in Ramanagara district is witnessing a high-stake battle between JD(S) leader and two-time Chief Minister H D Kumaraswmy and BJP's C P Yogeshwara. Both belong to the dominant Vokkaliga community in the region.
Karnataka Election 2023 Highlights: The Election Commission on Monday asked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to clarify and rectify the party's social media post on Karnataka's sovereignty remark attributed to Sonia Gandhi. The EC letter to Kharge came following a complaint by the Bharatiya Janata Party regarding a tweet that appeared on the official Twitter handle of the Indian National Congress on May 6.
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The top guns of all the major political parties were on a campaign blitz across the state in the past few days
My appeal to all of you is that whatever other policies you may have for Karnataka, saving 'Kannada Nadu's Soil' should be your fundamental mission, the founder of Isha Foundation said.