BJP legislature party to meet tomorrow in Bengaluru Siddaramaiah calls Karnataka MLA meeting tomorrow. BJP set for bigger mandate in 2019, says Devendra Fadnavis on Karnataka polls
As the BJP emerged as the single largest party in the Karnataka Assembly polls today, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said it was set for a bigger mandate in the 2019 Lok Sabha election and lauded party chief Amit Shah for "converting" the people's trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi into votes.
"The wave of hope created by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now been transformed into a wave of faith and the people have expressed it through their mandate," he told PTI.
Fadnavis said the poll outcome in the southern state was a "mandate of faith" in the prime minister and the credit for it should go to Shah's election strategy.
"My congratulations to B S Yeddyurappa and the people of Karnataka. This has set the course for a bigger victory of the BJP and the NDA in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls," he added.
Siddaramiah, Ghulam Nabi Azad & other Congress and JD (S) leaders leave after the meeting in Bengaluru's Ashoka Hotel. #KarnatakaElections2018 pic.twitter.com/YUIY9N0tq0
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Ghulam Nabi Azad, HD Deve Gowda and other Congress and JD(S) leaders leave after the meeting in Bengaluru's Ashoka Hotel
Bengaluru awaits Karnataka poll outcome for its future infra growth, writes Debasis Mohapatra for Business Standard
After the Karnataka election results, the big question now is about the future infrastructure growth of Bengaluru. Irrespective of whichever party is in power, experts feel it will have to put the city at the centre of its developmental agenda. "Both the BJP and the Congress have contributed towards building the city's infrastructure.
As the counting of votes came to a close on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 103 seats but fell short of forming a majority (112). All three major parties — BJP,
Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) rushed to
Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala’s residence to stake its claim to form the government. Desperate to halt BJP’s southern march, Sonia Gandhi reportedly rang up HD
Kumaraswamy and offered support to the JD(S), with him as the Chief Minister of the state. Soon after,
Karnataka Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah submitted his resignation to the Governor.
With Modi wave still riding high,
BJP forged ahead by winning 103 seats and leading in one. The ruling Congress, desperate to retain power in the state amid shrinking appeal nationally, suffered major blows and had managed to win 78 seats by 11:23 pm. Karnataka Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah lost from Chamundeshwari. JD(S) had won 37 seats, whereas Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and independents had won one seat each.
All eyes are now on Governor Vajubhai Vala who will have to decide whether to call BJP, the single largest winner of seats, to try to form the government or go with the JD(S)-
Congress combine, which together have a clear majority in the 224-member Assembly. Elections were held for 222 seats on May 12. Both sides rushed to meet Vala, their vehicles slowly cutting through the throngs of party workers and supporters assembled outside the Raj Bhavan gates, and staked claim to power.
BJP's chief ministerial candidate B S
Yeddyurappa accused
Congress of trying to win power unfairly. He said he would stake claim to form the government.
A sombre-looking
Yeddyurappa said the people of Karnataka had rejected the
Siddaramaiah government "lock, stock and barrel". "The Congress is trying to subvert the popular mandate and come back to power through the back door. People of Karnataka will never accept this," he said.
The Karnataka Assembly has 222 seats and a party or an alliance needs 112-seats to stake a claim form the government.
