Bommai junks pre-polls surveys giving Congress an edge; says BJP will come to power with "comfortable majority"

Basavaraj Bommai also said former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, who defected to Congress over denial of a BJP ticket to yet again contest from Hubli-Dharwad Central, will lose this time. Whereas, the 14 defectors who helped the BJP topple the Congress-JD(S) government in 2019 will win from their respective segments.