Despite improving its tally by 12 seats in Karnataka, the poll verdict indicates that the Janata Dal-Secular will have to stay out of power for the next five years. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Many BJP leaders in Karnataka feel mishandling of the Yeddyurappa and Reddy brothers issue cost them the assembly election. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Speaking for the first time after the Bharatiya Janata Party got a drubbing in Karnataka on Wednesday, outgoing chief minister said that the party suffered a loss because of a negative vote.
With Karnataka Congress chief G Parameshwara's defeat Siddaramaiah, currently the leader of Opposition in the assembly, is Congress's favourite for the top job. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda led Janata Dal-Secular, which had hoped to play the role of a kingmaker in Karnataka, on Wednesday said it would sit in the opposition.
Former Bharatiya Janata Party leader B S Yeddyurappa's ominous warnings about destroying the party in the state assembly election were not merely empty threats. On poll verdict day, not only is the ruling party lagging behind the Congress, which is leading by a considerable margin, it may not even be able to flex its muscles as the main opposition party in the next five years. The Janata Dal Secular is likely to beat it to that position.
The electoral predictions made by the various exit polls about the outcome of the Karnataka election seem to have hit bull's eye. The Congress has, expectedly, taken a major lead within the first couple of hours of counting of votes. But the trend that has surprised pundits and politicians alike is the revival of the Janata Dal - Secular, which has relegated the Bharatiya Janata Party to the third position.
Mangalore was a sure shot bastion of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The party was said to be vistually unbeatable here. However, the 2013 assembly election results are narrating a completely different story.
If the exit polls in Karnataka are to be believed, the Congress will manage to scrape through and get a thin majority in the state assembly when the votes are counted on Wednesday. But the party may have a tough time in selecting a chief minister as senior leaders Dr G Parameshwar and Siddaramaiah are both eyeing the coveted post.
Was people's desire for change the reason behind the high voter turnout in Karnataka?
A list of constituencies, which have placed on high alert in Karnataka, has been drawn out by the Election Commission. These constituencies, in which security has been tightened, will see a number of heavyweight candidates in the fray.
Even as voting began on a dull note in Karnataka, leaders from across parties expressed confidence about their performance in the ongoing elections.
The Election Commission on Saturday announced extension of polling time by an hour up to 6 pm for Sunday's Karnataka assembly elections, in view of the weather conditions and excessive heat.
The police on Friday arrested two more people for their alleged involvement in blasts outside the Bharatiya Janata Party's office in the city. Vayalar Hakim and Azghar Ali, who were picked up by the Tamil Nadu police, hail from Coimbatore.
In the run-up to the Karnataka assembly elections, neither the Congress nor the Bharatiya Janata Party has left any stone unturned. Both parties have ensured that their star leaders --- Congress's Rahul Gandhi and BJP's Narendra Modi -- campaign in the state
We have heard about some very bizarre superstitions that the candidates followed while filing their nominations for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections.
With only a few hours remaining, candidates have been hitting the streets with door-to-door campaigns, distributing pamphlets with the party name and serial numbers.
Believe it or not, national leaders have been talking in code language during the Karnataka election campaign.
Around three years back, Excise Minister Renukacharya proposed to review the deadline, but was met with stiff opposition by his own party members, especially from late Dr V S Acharya.
The Central Industrial Security Force has recovered over 1,900 detonators from Kolar district ahead of the Karnataka elections to be held on May 5.
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