Karnataka polls News

Earlier Congress' Karnataka-in-charge Randeep Surjewala said that a decision on the next Karnataka chief minister will be announced today or tomorrow and a new cabinet will be in place within 72 hours.

Four days since Congress registered an emphatic victory in the Assembly polls by wresting power from the Bharatiya Janata Party, still, the State is yet to get a Chief Minister.

The RJD supremo, who underwent a kidney transplant in Singapore last year, spent an uneventful month in his hometown before heading back to the national capital where he had been convalescing after the operation.

 While former chief minister Siddaramaiah is in Delhi, Shivakumar canceled his visit to the national capital on Monday evening citing health issues, fuelling speculations that all is not well in the party.

Siddaramaiah arrived this afternoon in the national capital, but Shivakumar cancelled his visit, hours after confirming he would be flying to Delhi, fuelling speculation that the factional fighting in Karnataka Congress had reared its head again.

The party sources indicated that the observers informed Kharge of the views of MLAs on the new Chief Minister and the government formation in Karnataka. 

The Congress in its manifesto for recently held Karnataka polls had said the party is committed to take firm and decisive action against individuals and organizations such as Bajrang Dal and Popular Front of India "spreading hatred" among communities.

Even as all observers appointed by Cong president Kharge are returning Delhi to submit report, party leader B.K. Hariprasad said that "secret ballots" were used for voting in the CLP meeting.

Vote Counting Live | Karnataka Election Result 2023: It's big day for Congress as the party, according to the trends so far, is getting a comfortable majority in Karnataka Assembly Elections. So far, the grand old party is leading at 134 constituencies in 223-member strong assembly.

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023: Yash had campaigned for Sumalatha Ambareesh in the Lok Sabha elections of 2019.

Despite financial constraints, his party will be ahead of Congress and BJP in terms of gaining the number of seats, the former Chief Minister declared, as he stressed that his party will be 'King' and not only the 'King maker'.  

The results of the assembly election will be declared on Saturday, May 13 Exit polls will take place after the polling gets over on May 10 While BJP is eyeing a repeat of last assembly election's performance, the Congress is looking for a comeback

Voting has started in all 224 assembly constituencies of Karnataka from 7 am today, which will continue till 6 pm. The counting of votes will take place on May 13.

Congress workers garlanded an LPG gas cylinder and burnt incense sticks near it, in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Nagar area At Chikkamagaluru, a bride donning her wedding attire cast her vote Politicians offered prayers at temples as voters decide their fate

According to the poll panel, its thrust on "inducement-free" elections from the past few elections, has continued and led to sustained efforts for election expenditure monitoring in the poll-going state of Karnataka.

With the Congress trying to redirect its focus on issues pertaining to the state and the BJP trying to go big on a few of its 'political mistakes', the battle for Karnakata could well go down to the wire.

Today BJP-Congress and JDS have held strong rallies in Karnataka elections. Just a few hours from now, the Karnataka election campaign will come to a halt.

Today BJP-Congress and JDS have held strong rallies in Karnataka elections. Just a few hours from now, the Karnataka election campaign will come to a halt.

The former Congress president said: "It is everyone's responsibility to strengthen our voice against this (BJP) government's dark rule."

Replying to Congress's '40% government' statement, PM Modi in Karnataka said the "Congress means total corruption, 85 per cent commission."