Modi trashes Karnataka election opinion polls, says BJP will win; updates

With the Karnataka Assembly Election 2018 days away, Modi has launched BJP's campaign in the state with 15 scheduled rallies; Chief Minister Siddaramaiah says he is not perturbed by the blitzkrieg

Karnataka election: Confident of a BJP victory in Karnataka too, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday ruled out a hung Assembly after the May 12 elections. "There is no way there will be a hung Assembly as is being predicted. We are confident of coming to power in Karnataka too," said Modi at a huge public meeting in Karnataka's northwest region, about 500 km from Bengaluru. Recalling that the Congress had lost nearly 12 states that it was ruling, Modi told the gathering that as that party feared a loss in the ensuing polls, its leaders were spreading lies and fear