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Congressman and former MP from Karnataka N Cheluvarayaswamy slammed his party and said that if immediate action is not taken, people will teach both Congress and the JD(S) a lesson.

People have not accepted the alliance between the JD(S) and the Congress in Karnataka, said Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh. 'I tried to convince the Congress, but they decided to listen to the JD(S) instead and lost the elections,' added Sumalatha, who contested as an independent.

The BJP is set to witness a landslide victory in Karnataka Lok Sabha election and the revolt against the JD(S) leader and state chief minister Kumaraswamy has already begun

Leaders from the Congress and the JDS have been trying hard to contact and convince Muddahanume Gowda, the rebel candidate from the Tumakuru constituency in Karnataka. But he has remained incommunicado. Sources add that he has refused to forego his candidacy for the Lok Sabha election

Congress has appointed MLA V Muniyappa as Karnataka chief minister's political secretary, MLA Sharanabasappa Darshanapur as vice president of the state planning commission and MLA Ajay Singh as state's special representative to Delhi
 

Kumaraswamy hailed the people for their support to the coalition government of the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress and said the two parties would contest the 2019 polls together in all the 28 constituencies in the state.

Congress-JD(S) alliance won Ballari, Mandya, Ramanagara and Jamkhandi constituencies whereas BJP managed to win only Shivamogga.

By-elections were held for five constituencies in Karnataka - Lok Sabha by-election for Ballari, Shivamogga and Mandya whereas Assembly by-election for Jamakhandi and Ramanagara.

It is also speculated that this move of Mahesh is BSP's way of officially ending the coalition with Congress in Karnataka, after BSP chief Mayawati lashed out at Congress and came out of the ghatbandhan due to her differences with the party.
 

Currently, Belagavi is the second largest district in Karnataka with 14 taluks. The Karnataka government says the proposed division of Belagavi is a mere 'rumour'.