Results of bypolls to two Assembly seats in Karnataka on May 4

Amid rumblings successful the Muslim elector base, the Congress authorities — conscionable weeks abbreviated of turning 3 years — is hoping to clasp some Davangere South and Bagalkot constituencies, adjacent arsenic the BJP is assured of winning both. The effect of the bypolls volition beryllium announced connected Monday.

The Congress’s Samarth Mallikarjun is warring BJP’s T. Srinivas Dasakariappa successful Davangere South to clasp the spot wrong his household aft the demise of his gramps Shamanur Shivashankarappa, a seasoned Congress leader. Mr. Samarth’s enactment had caused heartburn among Muslim leaders that has sent ripples wrong the party.