Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 | Rahul Gandhi mocks PM, says 'Modi talks only about himself'

"Congress has a history of dividing brothers, making states fight among themselves, inciting communal violence and whenever they have done so, the people of India have come together to defeat them," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

"We will win the elections by full majority or at least half a mark plus 15 seats. In these 4 years, Yediyurappa & Bommai government has done a lot of work," said Amit Shah. 

"In Himachal Pradesh, we gave 10 guarantees and OPS was implemented in the first cabinet meeting itself. In Karnataka, we've said that we will give 200 units of free electricity to the poor people of Karnataka. We will give Rs 2,000 Mahila Samman Nidhi to women. Unemployment allowance of Rs 3,000 per month will be given to the educated unemployed youth. You should form Congress government in Karnataka with such a majority that BJP cannot even think of stealing MLAs," said Himachal Pradesh CM & Congress leader Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu. 

"PM Narendra Modi Ji if there's violence in Karnataka it is because of unemployment," said Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday. 

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"PM is busy doing campaigns in Karnataka. Northeast is burning, soldiers are dying, but PM is not saying anything. There is no discussion on what they will do in the interest of the people of Karnataka, they are just campaigning and seeking votes," Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel in Bengaluru. 

This time, people's blessings are with me. More people are coming to support me. So, I will win by a huge margin. Sonia Gandhi's and Rahul Gandhi's presence has definitely given us a boost: Congress leader Jagadish Shettar.

Amid the raging "Bajrang Dal" row, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said his party's Karnataka polls manifesto did not state that the outfit will be banned but promised "decisive action" under law as a warning to all organisations that indulge in hate-mongering. Hitting out at the BJP over its criticism, he also questioned the equating of Bajrang Dal with 'Bajrangbali', asking how can this "magical transformation" be explained. In an interview with PTI ahead of the May 10 Karnataka assembly polls, Chidamabram expressed confidence that the people of the state will choose wisely, asserting that the choice is stark as Karnataka could either become a model of a liberal, democratic, plural, tolerant and progressive state or an inward-looking, majoritarian, intolerant and regressive state.

Let BJP clarify, let them investigate. If he (BJP candidate Manikanta Rathod) has not done anything, why is he afraid of an investigation? I am not the one who is alleging that he is plotting to kill my family, he has already said in a press conference in November that he intends to shoot me...: Congress MLA Priyank Kharge.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, a day before the final day of campaigning for May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, held a massive road show in the city, waving at a large number of enthusiastic crowd lined up on both sides of the route, despite overcast sky. The 8-km roadshow from Kempegowda statue at New Thippasandra Road to Trinity circle was covered in about one-and-half hours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concludes his roadshow from Bengaluru's Kempegowda statue at New Tippasandra Road to Trinity Circle.

Union Home Minister Amir Shah holds roadshow in Belagavi South Assembly constituency 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his roadshow in Bengaluru ahead of Karnataka Assembly Election. PM Modi started his roadshow from the Kempegowda statue at New Tippasandra Road and it will end at Trinity Circle.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a roadshow in Bengaluru ahead of Karnataka Assembly Election 2023. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his eight km roadshow in Bengaluru on Sunday morning, campaigning for the BJP, ahead of May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka. The roadshow from Kempegowda statue at New Thippasandra Road to Trinity circle is expected to be covered in about one-and-half hours, according to party sources. The roadshow that began with Modi paying floral tributes to the statue of Kempegowda (founder of Bengaluru) will be passing through parts of central Bengaluru, touching five Assembly segments, they said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Kempegowda Statue in Bengaluru to begin his roadshow ahead of Karnataka Assembly Election.

Preparations underway for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in Bengaluru, ahead of Karnataka elections 

Karnataka Veerashaiva Lingayat forum issued an official letter extending its support to Congress in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections on May 10. Forum urged the people of the Lingayat community to vote for Congress.

Congress leaders Shamanur Shivashankarappa and Jagadish Shettar met Lingayat Seers in Hubbali, Karnataka. 

Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will campaign for the BJP for the May 10 Karnataka assembly elections. He will be in the state on Monday and participate in two BJP roadshows at Kapu and Udupi town, party sources said. Before reaching Udupi, Shinde will visit the Sri Manjunatha Swamy Temple. He will then meet the Dharmasthala temple's Dharmadhikari, Veerendra Hegde, they said. The chief minister will also visit the Sri Krishna Temple in Udupi and on Monday itself, return to Maharashtra, the BJP sources said.

The Congress on Saturday wrote to the Election Commission seeking action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "Congress shields terrorism for vote bank" remark and said he has crossed the "lakshman rekha". Taking strong objections to Modi's charge at a rally in Ballary on Friday, the opposition party accused him of making "malicious and false" allegations to vitiate the atmosphere poll-bound Karnataka. Voting for the 224 assembly seats in the state will take place on May 10 and results will be out on May 13. Mounting a fresh attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Modi on Friday had alleged that for the sake of vote bank politics, it has nurtured, given shelter and surrendered before terror.

In a scathing attack on the BJP, senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said Karnataka and the rest of the country cannot make progress without getting rid of the ruling party’s "loot, lies, ego and hatred". Making her maiden entry into the 2023 Karnataka Assembly poll battle here, Sonia also said the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by her son Rahul Gandhi a few months ago was against those spreading hatred. "This was the reason that lakhs of people joined Rahul Gandhi's 4,000 km march". "Neither Karnataka nor India can make progress without getting rid of the atmosphere of BJP's loot, lies, ego and hatred," Gandhi said in her first public rally in the poll-bound state, which votes on May 10.

The Congress on Saturday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "master of distortion", and accused him of caring only for his "grand tamasha" and not the inconvenience caused by his 26-km roadshow in Bengaluru. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged ambulances were stuck on roads due to the chaos caused by the roadshow, and said Modi should cancel the second part of the roadshow slated for Sunday. With just four days to go for the Karnataka assembly polls, Modi held a massive roadshow from Someshwar Bhavan RBI Ground in Bengaluru South to Malleshwaram's Sankey Tank.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday urged the Election Commission to ban Prime Minister Narendra Modi from campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka. Speaking at a press conference here, he alleged that Modi was seeking votes on the basis of religion in the southern state. "Modi is seeking votes on the basis of religion in violation of the Election Commission guidelines. He should be barred from poll campaigning," Gehlot said.

Raising the pitch for the BJP’s election campaign in south Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday held massive roadshows at Puttur and Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district and Karkala in Udupi. Adityanath, who first arrived in Puttur, where party candidate Asha Thimmappa Gowda is pitted against Ashok Kumar Rai of Congress and a BJP rebel Arun Kumar Puthila, said the BJP is taking the country on path of progress. Addressing the gathering from the campaign vehicle after the end of his roadshow, Adityanath said the Congress has always been trying to put hurdles on the path of progress.

In 2018, the Karnataka Assembly Elections were conducted on May 12. Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) outsmarted Congress and JDS and gained 104 seats. But the saffron party failed to touch the majority 112 mark. Congress and JDS who secured second and third positions with 78 and 38 seats respectively decided to join hands to form a coalition government in the state.

Out of 224 seats in the Karnataka Assembly, a party needs a total of 113 seats to mark a majority in the election. 

The Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 result will be declared on May 13 after the counting of the votes.