Karnataka Politics  

JDS MLA from Bidar Bandeppa Kashempur has said that BJP won’t be able to infuse fissures into the coalition government in Karnataka, reacting to state BJP president Yeddyurappa’s statement that 20 Congress MLAs are “ready to do anything”. However, the BJP dismissed it saying Bandeppa is only pleasing his bosses.

Bypolls will be held in two constituencies – Chincholi and Kundagol – in north Karnataka on May 19. The bypolls in these two places become important because the results will have a bearing on the state politics of Karnataka, in which the Congress and the JD(S) have a coalition. 

Cheluvarayaswamy, the Congress leader from Nagamangala has said that everything depends on Kumaraswamy’s attitude in order for the government to continue
 

As the nation waits for May 23 with bated breath, Karnataka politics has literally become a mess. While the chorus for Siddaramaiah becoming the chief minister grows, the state president of the JDS H Vishwanath has openly said that it is impossible for Siddaramaiah to become the CM, adding that the Congress will not have the magic number 113 even in case of a coalition collapse.  
 

Based on a complaint filed by BJP polling agents in Hassan, Karnataka, against state minister HD Revanna for facilitating proxy voting, the Election Commission has ordered an inquiry
 

Home minister MB Patil and Sudhakar, the Congress MLA from Chikkaballapura have expressed their desire to see Siddaramaiah as the chief minister. On the other hand, Siddaramaiah loyalists in the party have advised him to go for fresh elections in the event of a probable coalition collapse

In a bid to reclaim its supremacy in Karnataka, the Congress wants JDS to relinquish chief minister’s post and place Siddaramaiah there. The Congress may also ask JDS to give up important portfolios like power ministry as it feels it may do better than the regional party in the state in the Lok Sabha election. However, the BJP is quick to point out that it is a matter of survival for the Congress

In what comes as an embarrassing development, Ramesh Jarkiholi’s brother Satish Jarkiholi has said Ramesh has no integrity and is a man of U-turns. He further added that the coalition government in the state can’t be toppled.

 

With Shivarame Gowda’s taunt that Sumalatha and her supporter Darshan are from the Naidu caste, unnecessary tensions have been created. While Sumalatha hit back saying a secular party like the JDS resorts to casteist remarks all the time, Karnataka chief minister Kumaraswamy asserted that he never resorts to caste

The issue of the supply of water to Tumakuru from the river Hemavathi which has a reservoir in Gorur of Hasssan district might give HD Deve Gowda sleepless nights. He has been alleged of working against the interests of Tumakuru people, by not allowing them to get their full quota of the water from the reservoir

From his entry into film and politics, his equation with yesteryears actor and politician Ambareesh and his family, justification on his and brother Prajwal Revanna's candidacy, Nikhil Kumaraswamy talks about how he plans to contest the Lok Sabha election without any political track record

Congress MP Muddahanumegowda from Tumakuru is all set to contest against the alliance party chief Deve Gowda in the Lok Sabha election and has threatened to turn rebel.

Congress MLA, in a rally in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, called the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi impotent. He further went on to say that PM Modi is a liar. BJP has now hit back saying it will file a complaint with the Election Commission. Furthermore, the BJP said that the Congress is frustrated with its incapability to come to power.

Former PM HD Deve Gowda, his grandson Prajwal Revanna, son Revanna kick started a teary-eyed election campaign of the JD(S) for the Lok Sabha elections in Hassan, Karnataka.

Even though Congress has left the Mandya seat for the Janata Dal (Secular), Congress workers there are not ready to support the JD(S). Instead, they are favouring Ambareesh's wife Sumalatha's candidature.