The Latest Breaking News from DK Shivakumar

In his first salvo, Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Sunday said he expects senior party colleague Siddaramaiah to back him, when journalists asked him about his chief ministerial chances. Read further on Dynamite News:

The meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has been convened to discuss the next course of formation of the government, said sources in the party

The united electioneering backed by a sustained campaign against Basavaraj Bommai-led “40% sarakara” of the BJP by the Opposition Congress, along with its five pre-poll guarantees, has registered a spectacular victory to govern the State unencumbered by any outside threats, especially the ill-famous “Operation Lotus”.

The key constituencies to watch out for on the result day of the Karnataka elections 2023 are Varuna, Kanakapura, Shiggaon, Hubli-Darwad, Channapatna, Shikaripura, Chittapur, Ramanagara, and Chikmagalur. These are witnessing contests between the state’s political bigwigs will be influential in deciding the outcome of the largely three-way battle.

On the eve of the counting of votes, the top leaders of the BJP and the Congress adopted a cautious approach by holding informal confabulations to take stock of the situation while JD(S) leader H. D. Kumaraswamy, who is in Singapore, monitored the situation from there.

Amidst tight security and high levels of anxiety among party leaders and candidates, counting of votes for the polled in the elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly will be taken up on May 13. Most of the results will be known by noon. The polling for 224 seats took place…

Both the BJP and Congress expressed confidence of securing a majority on their own as the State went to the Assembly polls on Wednesday.

D.K. Shivakumar’s comments were echoed by Siddaramaiah, who too expressed confidence that Congress would secure a majority of seats in the Assembly elections, paving the way for a one-party government in Karnataka

“I request the Union Government and the incoming government in Karnataka to order a CBI probe into the sleaze CD case in which I am an accused,” said Gokak MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi. “It is not for my sake, but for the sake of hundreds of innocent persons in the State…