Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai paid a courtesy visit to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu here on Tuesday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka recorded a dip in new COVID-19 cases on Monday, logging 1,285 cases, taking the tally to 29.08 lakh, while the toll crossed the 20,000 mark with 25 more deaths.

Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, “JDS is no longer a secular party, as it has been quite some time since they abandoned principles of secularism. The JDS party of the past that existed during our times no longer exists now”, he expressed. 

Former Chief Minister, leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah spoke about the newly appointed CM’s trips to Delhi and said, “We have already experienced a lot of hardship because of COVID. Without suitable hospitals, beds, ventilators, oxygen, thousands of people have died. A repeat of this must be prevented. Leaving all of this, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is running around to assemble his cabinet of ministers. Going to Delhi once is okay, what is the need to go there again and again? BJP high command should also understand the problems of the state”, he said. 

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said cabinet expansion can take place most likely on Wednesday if the list is finalised in a meeting with the BJP central leadership later during the day.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is in the national capital to hold consultations with the BJP central leadership on the expansion of his cabinet, sources said on Monday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Sunday reported 1,875 fresh COVID-19 infections and 25 deaths taking the total cases and toll to 29,06,999 and 36,587 respectively, the Health department said.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai left for Delhi on Sunday to hold consultations with the BJP central leadership on expansion of his cabinet.