On Monday, amid the Karnataka state assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a massive roadshow in Karnataka.

Shah held a roadshow with hundreds and thousands of BJP workers and the public joining him in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district in Gundlupete.

The key strategist of the the ruling party is on a three day visit to the election bound state starting Sunday. Earlier today, he also visited Sri Chamundeshwari Devi temple in Karnataka’s Mysuru.

The Karnataka elections scheduled for May 10 has got the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress swung into full action with all of the national and state political leaders being seen tough in the ground campaigning for their respective parties.

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The regional Janata Dal(Secular) headed by former PM H.D. Devegowda, is also putting in all efforts to gather the votes from its definite constituencies.

The former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday also held a mega roadshow gathering a huge public in the state.

This election stands very crucial for the BJP as its the only southern state where the party is in power currently and it holds high hopes putting all its hard work for a second term amid the anti-incumbency.

This election is also being seen as a test round ahead of the 2024 general elections, which can give an indication towards how significantly is the party present among its voters in the southern region.

It is leaving no stone unturned to retain the state, the BJP president JP Nadda is scheduled for a three day visit to the state from today with various roadshows, public rally’s in agenda.

The mega election campaign of BJP is going to start with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit who is likely to embark on April 29 and will campaign in Chikodi, Kittur and Belagavi along with the Uttara Kannada district. PM Modi will also again be on Karnataka on May 03.

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Congress scion Rahul Gandhi on Sunday held a mega roadshow in Vijayapura district of poll-bound Karnataka as a massive crowd was seen lined up on both sides of the road to greet the former Wayanad MP.

Rahul Gandhi, who is currently embroiled in a legal battle to regain his MP status after being disqualified from the Lok Sabha following his conviction and sentence in a criminal defamation case, was seen standing atop a specially designed vehicle, waving at an enthusiastic crowd that had greeted the Gandhi scion amid deafening cheers and slogans in favour of the Congress leader.

The former Congress president kicked off his roadshow after garlanding a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Vijayapura and moved across town amid a sea of Congress supporters lined up on either side of the road on the route.

Congress supporters and workers carrying the grand old party’s flag walked along as Gandhi accompanied by other leaders of the party traversed the streets from Shivaji Circle and Kanakadasa Circle amid loud cheers, sounds of drum beats and deafening sloganeering.

Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by Karnataka Congress campaign committee chief M B Patil and several other party leaders and workers on the road show.

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Earlier today, Gandhi began his two-day visit to election-bound Karnataka from Kudala Sangama, where he paid obeisance to 12th-century poet and social reformer Basaveshwara on his birth anniversary, celebrated as Basava Jayanti.

Meanwhile, the Congress, which seeks to oust the BJP from power in Karnataka, announced today that the Communist Party of India (CPI) will, without any pre-conditions, back the Congress on 215 seats in next month’s Assembly elections.

Addressing a presser earlier today, senior party leader Randeep Surjewala said the Congress reached out to the CPI— who recently announced their support for the grand old party in the May 10 polls— and it was agreed that the entire CPI cadre will “whole-heartedly without any pre-condition or expectation” support the Congress candidates in their battle to oust the ruling BJP from power.

Karnataka goes to polls on May 10 and results for the 224-member Assembly will be announced on May 13.

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The Communist Party of India (CPI) will, without any pre-conditions, back the Congress on 215 seats in next month’s Karnataka Assembly elections, senior party leader Randeep Surjewala said on Sunday, adding that there will be “friendly competition” between the two parties on the remaining seven seats.

Addressing a presser, Surjewala said the Congress reached out to the CPI— who recently announced their support for the grand old party in the May 10 polls— and it was agreed that the entire CPI cadre will “whole-heartedly without any pre-condition or expectation” support the Congress candidates in their battle to oust the ruling BJP from power.

Surjewala said that both parties have agreed that there will be a “friendly contest” on seven seats where the CPI has fielded its candidates but will completely back the Congress on the remaining 215 seats.

The Congress MP also lambasted Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the state police arriving in Karnataka following a case registered on the complaint filed by the former President of Assam Youth Congress against IYC President Srinivas BV.

Surjewala called Sarma a “turncoat CM” who, he claimed, was trying to outbid Amit Shah to his post and has now become “infamous” for his antics to stay in the news.

Continuing his scathing attack against the Assam CM, Surjewala claimed Sarma is perhaps trying to erase the humiliation when PM Modi tried to have him arrested for the alleged Saradha Scam and Louis Berger Scam.

The Congress leader claimed that Sarma defected to the BJP to save himself from being implicated in the alleged scams.

Randeep Surjewala, who has been a key campaigner for the Congress, which is seeking wrest from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Assembly polls in Karnataka, recently claimed that the saffron party is facing a “mass exodus” in the poll-bound state.

Karnataka goes to polls on May 10 and results for the 224-member Assembly will be announced on May 13.