BJP will not allow Karnataka's development journey to be trampled upon: PM

Sources in the BJP claimed they were in touch with at least seven of the 10 Lingayat legislators of the Congress, and half-a-dozen legislators of the JD(S)

Faced with the challenge of keeping their respective flocks of newly elected legislators together until the floor test in the Karnataka Assembly, top Janata Dal (Secular) leaders, including party chief H D Deve Gowda and H D Kumaraswamy, met Karnataka Congress leaders at a Bengaluru hotel on Tuesday evening.

Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed they were in touch with at least seven of the 10 Lingayat legislators of the Congress, and half-a-dozen legislators of the JD(S). Sources said the MLAs could abstain from voting during the floor test.  BJP sources said the Lingayat legislators of the Congress were