Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address party rallies in Bhalki and Humnabad in Bidar district on Monday, ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka.
BJP Central Parliamentary Board member and former chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Saturday told the influential Lingayat community that he is retiring from electoral politics on his own and urged them not to have any hard feelings about it.
Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar, who returned to the city on Saturday after his release on bail from a Delhi prison in a money laundering case, said he was “confidentâ€, “strong†and would fight for justice. The former Minister also claimed that he has not betrayed anyone at any point of time and would come out with facts and documents regarding the case in the days to come.
The Congress high command is considering wooing the Lingayat vote bank, which is presently supporting the BJP in Karnataka by giving representation to leaders of the community at the state and national levels.Congress sources said that the .
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary C.T. Ravi courted controversy on Thursday by saying, "let the Congress open hukka bars in the name of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru."The BJP leader made the statement .