Bengaluru, Oct. 28 -- The BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance has swept all four Karnataka Legislative Council seats in the teachers' and graduates' constituencies, dealing a significant political setback to the ruling Congress. The BJP won three seats, while the JD(S), backed by the BJP, secured the Bengaluru Teachers' constituency, leaving the Congress without a victory in any of the four contests.

The results provide fresh ammunition to the Opposition to target the Congress government and strengthen the BJP-JD(S) alliance's claim that the ruling party is losing support among key sections of the electorate.

In the Bengaluru Teachers' constituency, JD(S) candidate A.P. Ranganath defeated sitting Congress MLC Puttanna by 908 votes. Rangan...