On Thursday, a few days before the Karnataka assembly elections, two leaders of Kumaraswamy’s JDS party joined the Congress in Bengaluru.
Voting for the Karnataka Assembly elections will be held on May 10 and the election results will be declared on May 13. As the election date draws near, the election campaign of BJP, Congress and JDS has intensified. In the scorching heat, the star campaigners of BJP and Congress are conducting roadshows, rallies and public meetings among the voters. At the same time, the phase of changing the party of the angry leaders for not getting the ticket is still going on.
JD(S) leaders Narayana Gowda and Prabhakar Reddy quit their old party and join Congress in the presence of DK Shivakumar at an election meeting held in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Let us tell you that BJP MLC H Vishwanath had earlier left BJP and joined Congress. On the other hand, earlier in the Congress, leaders like former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, Minister S. Angara, MLA MP Kumaraswamy, MLC R. Shankar, Jagadish Shettar and MLC Ayanur Manjunath have left the BJP and joined BJP.
The Congress on Wednesday filed a police complaint against Union Home Minister Amit Shah after he claimed at a rally during the election campaign that the state would “suffer riots” if the Congress came to power in Karnataka.
Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Parameshwara and DK Shivakumar filed a complaint at the High Grounds police station in Bengaluru alleging that Shah had allegedly made inflammatory statements during the election campaign, promoting enmity and hatred and defaming the opposition.
A day ago DK Shivakumar said, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that if Congress comes to power there will be communal riots. How can he say that? We have complained to the Election Commission of India.
Let us tell you that during a public meeting at Terdal in Belagavi district, Home Minister Amit Shah had said that if the Congress forms the government, the state’s development will be on “reverse gear”. Seeking people’s mandate for political stability in Karnataka, Shah said only the BJP can take the state towards ‘New Karnataka’. Along with this, he said that if Congress comes to power, dynastic politics will always be at its peak and Karnataka will suffer from riots.