The Congress claimed the support of two independents and Darshan Puttanaiah from Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha, and was confident of winning three seats. Interestingly, the fourth one - G Janardhana Reddy (of Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha) met the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday.
Bengaluru: An FIR has been registered against the JD(S) leader contesting the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka, D Kupendra Reddy, and his aides at the Vidhana Soudha police station in Bengaluru, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday.
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Ravikumar Ganiga has alleged that the JD(S)-BJP candidate D Kupendra Reddy approached him and a few independent MLAs to cross-vote in the polls slated for next week.