The Karnataka Assembly Elections are crucial, as a simple majority of 113 seats is required to rule in the state. Currently, the BJP is in power and is utilizing various strategies to win the election and stay in power. The Congress party is campaigning vigorously to regain their lost power.
Similarly, Deve Gowda’s JDS party is also campaigning strongly with the aim of becoming the kingmaker. The Congress and JD(S) have already announced their list of candidates for the assembly elections while BJP is yet to announce it. Owaisi’s party has announced that they will contest 25 seats in the upcoming elections and have already declared candidates for three seats. They are also interested in forming an alliance with JDS.
Opposition parties have accused Owaisi of indirectly helping BJP by dividing the anti-BJP Muslim vote. However, Owaisi has contested state assembly elections in West Bengal and Gujarat, negating these claims. The state’s election list is expected to be announced soon.
Karnataka Assembly Elections
It needs to win more than 113 seats to rule with a simple majority in Karnataka. Karnataka is the only southern state in which the BJP, which is currently the ruling party, is in Karnataka. Due to this, Bharatiya Janata Party is devising various strategies to win the Karnataka elections and retain power. On the other hand, the Congress party is engaged in a vigorous election campaign to regain the power it lost in Karnataka.
LIST OF CANDIDATES
Similarly, former Prime Minister Deve Gowda’s JDS party has also started campaigning seriously with the intention of becoming the kingmaker. Due to this, the Karnataka election field has started to heat up. Congress and JD(S) have already started announcing their list of candidates for the assembly elections. BJP is yet to announce the list of candidates. The election list is expected to be announced soon.
Owaisi’s party is also a contender
Meanwhile, Hyderabad MP and AIMIM leader Owaisi has announced that his party will contest 25 seats in the Karnataka elections. In this regard, Owaisi said, ‘So far we have announced candidates for 3 constituencies. We are ready for alliance. We will definitely contest the elections.
Have to wait a bit
It should depend a little on whether we will compete in an alliance or alone,’ he said. Owaisi’s party is trying to form an alliance with the JDS party. However, the JDS party has yet to comment on this. In the last assembly elections of 2018, the JDS party was supported by Owaisi’s AIMIM party. However, candidates were not fielded in the election.
Criticism as B team of BJP
Opposition parties have been accusing Owaisi of indirectly helping the party win by dividing the anti-BJP Muslim vote. However, Owaisi, who was unaware of all this, contested state assembly elections in West Bengal and Gujarat. Owaisi’s announcement that he is going to field candidates in 25 constituencies in Karnataka has gained importance in the political circle.