State Chief Minister  

The IT raid came after former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and state chief minister HD Kumaraswamy completed their campaigning in Vijayapura.

With districts such as Chitradurga and Yadgiri facing severe water shortage, state chief minister had failed to visit such areas and provide alternatives for the people

Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of state chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, was addressing a gathering in Karnataka's Mandya district on the same day when Ambareesh's wife Sumalatha announced that she would be contesting as an independent candidate from there.

HD Kumaraswamy, the state chief minister and the son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has urged the voters to ensure that they have a Kannadiga as the Prime Minister by voting for either the JD(S) or the Congress
 

Chief minister Kumaraswamy sought more time to discuss the matter with Congress as this is a coalition government.

Prime Minister Modi was in Kerala to inaugurate the Kollam bypass. He slammed the state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan by saying that CPI(M) government's behaviour will go down as the most shameful as they don't respect India and its culture.