BJP MP Sanganna Kardi from Koppal district has hinted at the possibility of joining the Congress party after a meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Kardi stated that he has a scheduled meeting with Shivakumar on the following day, after which he will make a decision regarding his potential switch.

The BJP district unit in Shivamogga has filed a suit in the Shivamogga Civil Court, demanding that K.S. Eshwarappa, an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha elections from the Shivamogga constituency, must be restrained from using the portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during election campaigns and meetings.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be in party-governed Karnataka on Wednesday to campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, during which he will address public meetings in Mandya and Kolar.

A dramatic scene unfolded in Hullemakki village of Arehalli, Belur taluk, as two wild elephants, engaged in a half-hour-long fight near the house of a resident named Yunus.

Independent candidate KS Eshwarappa has refuted any intention of withdrawing from the election fray, dismissing rumors suggesting otherwise. He said false rumors are being spread to confuse his supporters and affirmed his resolve not to withdraw even if Brahma- Modi ask him to do so.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said he was both surprised and saddened by JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda's statement that a Chief Minister representing six crore people should not question a Prime Minister who represents a hundred crore people.

BJP candidate from Bangalore Central constituency for the Lok Sabha elections, PC Mohan, visited the Halasur Lake area on Monday morning to request the voters taking a walk there, but had to leave the place in haste, unable to answer a woman voter's questions on issues concerning the people.

Congress party’s Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha candidate hitting Jayaprakash Hegde lashing out at the BJP for its lack of development in the past 10 years, on Monday said “Public, who are facing difficulties due to the BJP administration, are ready to give a befitting reply to the Modi government.”