Bangalore: The constituencies in Bangalore urban area failed to give a clear verdict in favour of any party with the Congress winning 13, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 12 and the Janata Dal (Secular) bagging just three. The Bangalore urban district recorded 52.83 per cent voting on Sunday, the state election authorities said while the state average was around 70 per cent of the over 40 million voters. The Karnataka...
02:57 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: BJP on Wednesday said it was "shocked, upset and unhappy" about the defeat in the Karnataka Assembly elections and conceded that BS Yeddyurappa's exit was a factor in the rout. "We are shocked. We are upset and unhappy about the loss. There is a combination of several factors that led to the fall of morale of the cadre," BJP General Secretary Rajiv Pratatp Rudy said. He said the...
02:43 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Union Labour Minister and senior leader from Karnataka Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday indicated that he was ready to be considered for the Chief Minister's post following the electoral victory in the state. "I don't want the post because of my caste (dalit). I am not interested because of long-standing service to the party. If they think that I am fit for the post, then it is upto them...
02:35 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress was set for a resounding election victory in Karnataka on Wednesday, early results showed, a rare win the party hopes will put the wind in its sails ahead of general elections. Election commission results showed the centre-left Congress leading in 113 of 223 seats after Sunday's vote, ousting the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after five years of rule marred by scandal. Final results were...
02:15 PM, May 08, 2013
Expressing disappointment on party's performance in Karnataka elections, BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said while the results are a setback for the party, it does not take it on the backfoot. ...
01:55 PM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: Making no bones about his ambition, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Wednesday declared himself as a "strong contender" for the chief minister's post, as his party dethroned the BJP in the Karnataka Assembly Elections and was set to form the government. "I am one of the strong contenders," Siddaramaiah, who is facing a challenge from other chief ministerial aspirants KPCC chief G Parameshwara and Union Minister Mallikarjun Kharge told...
01:54 PM, May 08, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday took a potshot at the BJP saying now that the former has been defeated in Karnataka match, it will blame the bat, ball and the pitch. ...
01:52 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Karnataka Janata Paksha chief BS Yeddyurappa, who in May 2008 was the toast of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after leading the party to power in Karnataka, is now seen as the man who single-handedly responsible for the massive rout the party suffered in the 2013 Assembly elections. Even though Yeddyurappa won from Shikaripura by over 15,000 votes, his party was doing well in only a few seats....
01:33 PM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: BJP on Wednesday suffered a humiliating defeat in the Karnataka Assembly Elections as Congress appeared to be well on its way to wresting power on its own after a gap of seven years. Hit by the exit of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and the image of corruption during its tenure in the first government in the south. The party has won three seats and leading in just 36...
01:10 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Parliament was adjourned sine die at 12.56 pm on Wednesday, two days before scheduled end of the Budget session. The decision was reportedly taken after the Congress's victory in Karnataka elections. The adjournment would mean that crucial bills like the Food Security Bill and the Land Acquisition Bill won't be passed. It was yet another day of uproar and unruly scenes in Lok Sabha as opposition MPs rushed...
12:56 PM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: The BJP was on Wednesday decimated in the Karnataka Assembly Elections with Congress set to form a government, may be on its own, wresting power after a gap of seven years. The BJP's southern fort where it came to power for the first time in 2008 crumbled and the party is pushed to the third position behind JD(S). Exploiting the split in BJP and the spoiler's role played by...
12:50 PM, May 08, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram and BJP leader Jaswant Singh were asked by reporters on what it takes for a government to be re-elected. ...
12:47 PM, May 08, 2013
Union Minister for Minority Affairs and Congress leader Rahman Khan says for the CM's post, the party should preferably an MLA who contested the election. ...
12:45 PM, May 08, 2013
BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the party's defeat in Karnataka was partly because of BS Yeddyurappa's KJP, that ate into their share of votes. ...
12:34 PM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda led JDS, which had hoped to play the role of a kingmaker in Karnataka, on Wednesday said it would sit in the Opposition. "..if people have blessed us to sit in the opposition, we will sit in the opposition," JDS state President and Gowda's son HD Kumaraswamy told reporters, as the results of the May five Assembly polls came in. The JD(S) is...
12:30 PM, May 08, 2013
JD(S) leader Danish Ali said the BJP must realise that general elections won't be easy. "The third alternative will be a reality in the coming general elections," he said. ...
11:40 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been routed in the Karnataka Assembly elections and has been pushed to the third spot. The Congress has stormed back to power with HD Kumaraswamy-led Janata Dal Secular coming second in the Assembly results announced on Wednesday. Just five years ago Karnataka became the first state in South India to have a BJP government, but the party failed to build on its success...
11:33 AM, May 08, 2013
Karnataka BJP president Prahlad Joshi said they will build the party again and he is confident that Karnataka poll results will not have an impact on general elections. ...
11:30 AM, May 08, 2013
Bangalore: Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa dealt a body blow to the ruling BJP as it appeared set to slump to the third position behind the JDS, as the Congress was struggling towards majority in the Karnataka Assembly, latest trends showed. With trends available for all 223 seats which went to polls on May five, Congress was leading in 111 and has won 7 seats, followed by the JDS leading...
11:20 AM, May 08, 2013
Congress is inching to victory in Karnataka Assembly elections. Mallikarjuna Kharge is one of the prime contenders for the CM post. ...
11:14 AM, May 08, 2013
