BJP Suffers Major Loss In Elections As Congress Triumphed: Karnataka
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, suffered major loss when Congress won the elections in Hanagal. Congress candidate Srinivas Mane received 87,490 votes surpassing Shivaraj Sajjanar of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who received 80,117 votes. In another assembly seat, Sindgi, BJP won by a margin of over 30,000 votes. The defeat adds to the pressures of CM Bommai, who is dealing with dissent and claims of a "multi-million dollar corruption scandal".