On the eve of the counting of votes, the top leaders of the BJP and the Congress adopted a cautious approach by holding informal confabulations to take stock of the situation while JD(S) leader H. D. Kumaraswamy, who is in Singapore, monitored the situation from there.
While the morale of the principal Opposition is high in the wake of the exit polls giving it a clear edge, the ruling BJP and the Opposition JD(S) have both adopted a wait-and-watch approach as they are eagerly awaiting for early trends.
On Friday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai met his predecessor and party veteran leader B.S. Yediyurappa at his residence in Bengaluru along with Ministers Murugesh Nirani and Bhyrathi Basavaraj and Rajya Sabha member Lahar Singh. The meeting is believed to have discussed various probabilities and options that may arise out of the results.
