Having already rejected the Exit Polls predictions for the BJP , Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has once again ahead of the counting day on May 13 exuded confidence of BJP returning to power.
“There is no chance of a hung Assembly. We are going to form the government comfortably. Let him (DK Shivakumar) be happy with his 141 seats till tomorrow. We will have a legislature party meeting to decide the CM’s face,” Bommai said.
#WATCH | There is no chance of a hung Assembly, we are going to form the govt comfortably. Let him (DK Shivakumar) be happy with his 141 seats till tomorrow. We will have a legislature party meeting to decide the CM’s face: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai pic.twitter.com/12I92tWy2Q
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2023
The electoral fortunes of top leaders– Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai of the BJP, Congress heavyweights Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar and HD Kumaraswamy of JD-S, among many others will be known on Saturday.
The counting will begin at 8 am in 36 centres across the state, and poll officials expect a clear picture about the outcome is likely to emerge by mid-day. Elaborate security arrangements have been made across the State, especially in and around the counting centres, to avoid any untoward incidents, official sources said.