While the Congress won just one seat in Karnataka out of a possible 28, it couldn't even do that in Rajasthan, as the BJP secured a clean sweep of all 25 seats. Meanwhile, former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah insisted the Congress-JD(S) alliance was on firm ground, and rejected BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa's claim that it was about to collapse. In Rajasthan, meanwhile, the Congress is more comfortably placed with 112 MLAs in a 200-member Assembly. Senior party minister Udaylal Anjana has questioned ticket distribution. "We have always said the Congress party practices dynasty politics.

Source: dna May 28, 2019 00:11 UTC