A dozen Ministers who held prominent portfolios have lost their seats in the Karnataka Assembly, brought down by the anti-BJP wave that swept through the State in this election.
Including Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, 26 Ministers contested the election. In a debacle that has shocked their party, as many as 12 of them — including veteran Dalit leader and Major Irrigation Minister Govind Karjol, who had earlier worked as Deputy Chief Minister — have lost.
