BENGALURU: Even because the ballot bugle was sounded for 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the prospects of the saffron social gathering in Karnataka, which was thought-about because the gateway to south India for the social gathering appear to be bleak. The BJP state unit remains to be ready for the appointment of Chief of the Opposition within the legislative meeting and council even three months after the ballot outcomes have been declared on Might 10.
The Congress is all set to avenge “Operation Lotus” by means of which the BJP got here to energy within the state by poaching the grand previous social gathering’s management. The BJP management is making frantic efforts to retain its leaders in its fold. Dy Chief Minister and Karnataka Congress president D.Okay. Shivakumar has said that something can occur in politics and nothing is everlasting.
Sources mentioned that the Congress social gathering has given a selected job to poach leaders from the BJP. The social gathering has ready an inventory of 13 to 15 distinguished leaders who can win elections on their very own and draw them in. If it occurs, the BJP will endure a significant blow.
Sources throughout the BJP mentioned that the excessive command remains to be upset with the state leaders following the humiliating defeat within the meeting elections. The Congress, buoyed by its success in Karnataka, has launched the Indian Nationwide Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), a brand new model of the UPA and is difficult the BJP on the nationwide degree.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is concentrating on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and slammed his try to take a jibe at household politics throughout his Independence Day speech delivered from the ramparts of the Purple Fort. Siddaramaiah has additionally introduced that the Congress would win 20 seats within the state within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
There isn’t a voice within the Karnataka BJP to counter the mixed assaults of Siddaramaiah and D.Okay. Shivakumar. The social gathering’s previous warhorse who introduced the BJP to energy in Karnataka, former CM B.S. Yediyurappa, often makes an look and points statements. Former CM Basavaraj Bommai is presently managing the present.
Congress leaders are chiding the BJP that by no means within the historical past of the state legislature, has the funds session been performed and not using a Chief of the Opposition in Karnataka. In addition they level fingers at infighting throughout the social gathering.
The state’s political circles are abuzz with rumors of a “Reverse Operation Lotus” or “Operation Hast”. Sources mentioned that the Congress is planning to tug leaders to make sure the defeat of main BJP leaders. Sources mentioned that senior BJP chief V. Somanna was approached by the Congress to defeat BJP Yuva Morcha nationwide president Tejasvi Surya from the Bengaluru South seat. They mentioned that the Congress is considering to area Sowmya Reddy, former MLA and daughter of Minister for Transport Ramalinga Reddy, in opposition to Tejasvi Surya within the Lok Sabha polls.
Occasion sources said that former CM Jagadish Shettar will tackle Union Minister for Mines, Coal and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi for the Hubballi seat. The Congress is attempting to make sure the defeat of Union Minister for State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shobha Karandlaje from Udupi Chikkamagaluru MP seat.
Although the BJP managed to retain all of the Udupi district meeting seats, the social gathering needed to chunk the mud in Chikkamagaluru district because the Congress received all of the seats. Former BJP nationwide normal secretary and distinguished Vokkaliga chief C.T. Ravi was defeated by the Congress candidate. Dy CM Shivakumar is concentrated to register a victory right here as nicely.
The BJP state management is wanting in the direction of the excessive command for a tonic however New Delhi appears to have misplaced all hope. Barring Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah and nationwide president J.P. Nadda assembly BJP MLA B.Y. Vijayendra and former CM Basavaraj Bommai, nothing has moved.
The Congress goes from energy to energy by implementing its assure schemes within the state. It’s making certain that the minority vote financial institution stays intact by means of a slew of measures. The syllabus for youngsters was modified and the social gathering has eliminated classes on the BJP’s iconic determine Veer Savarkar and RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar. The main Dalit vote financial institution appears to be standing with the grand previous social gathering. Shivakumar is making certain that the Vokkaliga vote financial institution stays intact. There are not any indicators of the Lingayat vote financial institution rallying behind the BJP.
CM Siddaramaiah and Dy CM Shivakumar have repeatedly warned of strict motion in opposition to cow vigilantism and ethical policing. The BJP although tried to make a comeback with the restroom video case in Udupi school, nevertheless it did not generate a response from throughout the state.
