Khera told reporters here that the views of the newly-elected MLAs have been elicited and the central leadership is seized of the matter.
The former chief minister, who is likely to meet Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge later this evening, did not speak with the media at the Delhi airport.
The three leaders along with AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Surjewala left Bengaluru for Delhi and will meet Kharge.
Aiming to decide on the matter, Karnataka Congress leaders including the party president and newly elected MLAs of the party will hold a Congress Legislature Party meeting today in Bengaluru.
This time, the state’s voter turnout was 73.19 percent, and exit polls predicted mixed results, giving the Congress an advantage over the BJP.
JD(S)’ Nikhil Kumaraswamy is leading in Ramanagara by 3,011 votes against H A Iqbal Hussain of the Congress.
At 1.22 p.m., Congress+ was in the lead in 133 seats, while the BJP led in 66. A party requires at least 113 seats to form the state’s government.
The civic body election in Uttar Pradesh is a litmus test for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ‘triple engine government’ campaign plank, while a change in government may occur in Karnataka if the Congress makes a revival.
While there are rumours of a hung assembly (no party winning a majority), CM Basavaraj Bommai and his adversary from the Congress, DK Shivakumar, disagree.
As the counting begins at 8AM, readers can follow blow-by-blow account of the vote counting, trends and winners and losers here on newsd.in.
Gehlot and Pilot have been at loggerheads over the chief minister’s post ever since the Congress formed the government in Rajasthan in December 2018.
Bihar CM Kumar has been meeting Opposition leaders to strengthen the bloc against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due next year.
He said Speaker Rahul Narwekar cannot follow the official whip. Raut also asserted that since the process of formation of the government was illegal, the Shinde government is illegal.
The top court also referred the 2016 Nabam Rebia verdict by a five-judge constitution bench, which relates to the power of speaker on disqualification of MLAs, to a larger bench of seven judges.
Maharashtra Legislative Council elections held. Soon after voting, senior Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde becomes unreachable.
The Odisha chief minister’s move is being apparently seen as aimed at sending a message to the BJP, which has of late become an aggressive foe in his state.
The duo will visit Thackeray’s residence and later meet Pawar at his home. Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar has been meeting Opposition leaders to strengthen the bloc against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
As soon as voting concludes, agencies such as Matrize, CVoter, Lokniti-CSDS, Axis My India, and Today’s Chanakya are anticipated to broadcast their exit poll results on television.
Several actors also cast their votes today. Amulya and her husband cast their votes at a polling booth in RR Nagar, Bengaluru.
Meanwhile, voting commenced at 7 am today for 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka where 2,615 candidates are in the fray. The majority mark to form the government is 113 seats.
Polling is being held for 224 seats in what is being seen mainly as a three-cornered contest between the ruling BJP, the Congress and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular).
Amid tight security arrangements, voting for the Jalandhar parliamentary constituency began at 8 am and will continue till 6 pm, said officials.
The voting that began at 7 am amid tight security will go on till 6 in the evening.
Karnataka is voting to elect a new government, with the incumbent BJP facing the challenge from the Congress. The Janata Dal (Secular) is third main player in the contest.
There is a direct contest between the ruling coalition and the opposition Samajwadi Party in the bypolls.