#KarnatakaPolls: BJP will get absolute-majority; hung assembly out-of-question: UP Minister
What's the story
The BJP will get an absolute majority in Karnataka assembly elections slated for May 12, UP Minister Surya Pratap Shahi said. The Minister for Agriculture, Agriculture Research and Agriculture Education said the possibility of a hung assembly in Karnataka was out-of-question and that the BJP would "get handsome majority". He said Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, initiated by PM will be beneficial for farmers. Here's more.
Law and order
Law-and-order situation improved in UP after BJP assumed office: Shahi
Surya Pratap Shahi was responding to former Prime Minister and JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda's remarks that his party would not support either the BJP or the Congress in case of a hung assembly. The minister, who was in Mathura, said that the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh was improving after the BJP assumed office in the state.