Basavaraj Bommai

In 2016, the then Siddaramaiah government had proposed to issue 1,725 more licences and allow the sale of cheap liquor (government controlled clean affordable drink in place of banned arrack for low-income groups).

Hectic parleys are on in New Delhi as former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is in stiff competition with state Congress president D K Shivakumar to become the CM.

Karnataka Election 2023 Results: As results from the May 10 elections made the BJP's defeat increasingly apparent, CM Bommai virtually conceded defeat and said the party had not been able to make the mark despite a lot of effort put in by everyone, including the prime minister and workers of the party".

Karnataka Election 2023 Results: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has accepted the Bharatiya Janata Party's defeat in elections 2023. He said, "We've not been able to make the mark. Once the results come we will do a detailed analysis.

Shiggaon Assembly constituency is part of the Haveri district and a segment of the Dharwad Lok Sabha seat. Top political leaders such as S Nijalingappa, and Manjunath Kunnur have been elected from the same Assembly seat earlier.

On Friday, CM Bommai met BJP veteran BS Yediyurappa along with other party leaders, including ministers Murugesh Nirani, Byrathi Basavaraj, party MP Lehar Singh Siroya and AT Ramaswamy, at the former chief minister's residence.

Karnataka Election 2023: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai along with his supporters recited Hanuman Chalisa in Hubbali's Vijay Nagar on Tuesday. The recitation came against the backdrop of controversy with regard to the Congress party's poll manifesto which had vouched for "actions against radical outfits like Bajrang Dal" if it was voted to power in Karnataka Assembly polls.

Karnataka Election 2023: The Congress has not been able to win the seat, once considered its stronghold, since 1999. The JD(S) and independent candidates won from here in 1999 and 2004 respectively.

Shivakumar alleged that Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's office is calling up the returning officers of various districts to find defects in the applications filed by its candidates and rectify the mistakes in those of BJP nominees contesting the May 10 Assembly election.

Karnataka Election 2023: Speaking to reporters, CM Bommai said, "There is all possibility of the Prime Minister campaigning in about 20 places. In most (of these) places, he will address rally-meeting and in some, there will be road shows."