Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, actor-politician Jaggesh, and outgoing MLC Lehar Singh Siroya all from the BJP were declared victorious by the poll officials after counting of votes.
The bitter strife of the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) came out in open on Saturday a day after the cross-voting by two of its MLAs during the biennial elections for four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka.
JD(S) Legislature Party leader H D Kumaraswamy breathed fire after his party’s Rajya Sabha candidate D Kupendra Reddy lost the election on Friday for which he blamed the Congress and a section of his own MLAs. Two JD(S) MLAs defied the party - Kolar MLA Srinivas Gowda voted for the Congress while Gubbi MLA S R Srinivas is suspected to have voted for the BJP.