Mangaluru MLA and former minister UT Khader said that till now, the suspected Nipah virus is not traced in Dakshina Kannada district and there is no need to be panic.

Polling for this constituency was deferred after Vijayakumar died during the campaign on May 4.

KPCC president Dr G Parameshwar said that big challenge before both JDS and Congress is to make the coalition government-led by HD Kumaraswamy a success.

H.D Kumaraswamy has said that senior congress leader Dr. G. Parameshwar will take oath as deputy chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday, May 23.

Former minister MB Patil said that two Deputy Chief Minister posts should be created in JDS-Congress coalition government and one should be given to Lingayat community.

The Election Commission said that it would conduct the election to elect 11 members from the State Assembly to the Legislative Council on June 11 and the result would be announced on the same day.

Congress' Karnataka state President G. Parameshwara would be the Deputy Chief Minister in the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)-Congress coalition government, a party leader said on Tuesday.

Making a point that his decision is not the final in the coalition government, designated Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that if the JDS was given chance to form government independently, he would have waived off the farmers loan within 24 hours.