“Our candidates approached by CM KCR in Telangana,” claims Karnataka Deputy CM

Just a day before the results of Assembly Election, DK Shivakumar, the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka has made a big claim. On Saturday Shivakumar said that the Congress candidates in Telangana informed the party about them being approached by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) in an attempt to form the government in the state.

Here’s what D Shivakumar said:

"We know that they (BRS) are trying to trap us. Our candidates have informed us that they have been approached by CM (KCR) himself, so we have the information," DK Shivakumar said.

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However, the Congress leader showed confidence and maintained confidence in the party winning a comfortable majority in the state.

"It's my party work so I'm going there. The whole Telangana team was here with us during the Karnataka elections. That's why I'm also going. We'll see what'll happen after the results. There is no problem, no threat. We have confidence. Our party will win comfortably," he added.

Before this, Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury also made the similar claims.

The polling for the 119-member Telangana assembly was held on Thursday, November 30, and the state registered a voter turnout of 71.34 %, according to Election Commission of India.

In 2018, BRS (then Telangana Rashtra Samithi) won 88 of the 119 seats and had a 47.4% vote share. However, Congress secured the second position with 19 seats in the state.