Those sections of people have got hopes now with internal reservation, he said. On the caste-based quota, he said internal reservation under OBCs and other things were a long pending demand and 'I have addressed' them.Įarlier, many people were denied the benefit because reservation was not given as per the population. So, it is totally not at all an organic shift for Shettar,' he said. 'Looking into his background and track record, it is neither acceptable to BJP nor to some of the Congress supporters.

We will win Shettar's seat.' The dominant Lingayats comprise 17 per cent of Karnataka's population. We will get an absolute majority,' he said.Īsked if the exit of Shettar will impact Lingayat votes, the chief minister said, 'Not at all. 'No chance at all (of taking JD(S) support). I am expecting a comfortable majority,' Bommai said, and added the party may not require the support of the JD(S). Whereas, the 14 defectors who helped the BJP topple the Congress-JD(S) government in 2019 will win from their respective segments.īommai also alleged the Congress has taken the election discourse to a 'very low level'. He also said former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, who defected to Congress over denial of a BJP ticket to yet again contest from Hubli-Dharwad Central, will lose this time. In an interview to PTI, Bommai said whether he will continue as CM in the event of the saffron party coming to power will be decided by the BJP high command and its Parliamentary Board.

Junking pre-poll surveys giving opposition Congress an edge in the May 10 Assembly elections in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday exuded confidence his party BJP will retain power with a 'comfortable majority' and without the JD(S)' support.

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