Congress will win up to 20 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, says CM Siddaramaiah

Karnataka has 28 Lok Sabha constituencies.

In the 2019 parliamentary elections, the Congress and its then alliance partner JD(S), which were running a coalition government at the time, had won just one seat each, while the BJP secured 25, and had also ensured the victory of an independent supported by it.

This time, the JD(S) is in an alliance with the BJP, and is contesting in three seats, and the saffron party in the remaining. Congress is contesting in all 28 seats.

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‘Guarantee schemes will not stop’

Responding to a question about BJP state president BY Vijayendra’s comments that the guarantee schemes are “temporary”, the chief minister said, “Vijayendra doesn’t know things, what does he mean by temporary? Is he a fortune teller? In Karnataka, we will be (in power) this term and the next term too, and will not stop guarantee schemes for any reason.”

“Guarantee schemes will be continued and for this, we have set aside ₹52,000 crore in the budget,” he added.

Karnataka is going to the polls in two phases. While polling for 14 Lok Sabha segments in the southern part of the state will be held on 26 April, the second phase of voting in northern districts will be held on 7 May.

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