BENGALURU: A day after claiming that surveys indicated that the Congress is projected to win over 140 out of the entire 224 seats within the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, its state President D Ok Shivakumar on Wednesday mentioned BJP’s numbers wouldn’t cross past 65, and should even come all the way down to 40 seats. He claimed that folks from all walks of life throughout the state had been offended in opposition to this BJP authorities.
“We have a guarantee about our numbers, we also have a guarantee that BJP’s numbers will not go beyond 65. What the BJP is doing or saying is their internal matter, Yediyurappa has said something (about winning over 140 seats) based on their calculation, I don’t want to interfere with their party,” Shivakumar mentioned.
Speaking to reporters right here, he mentioned, let the BJP do no matter they need, however their numbers will not cross past 60-65.
“This is definite, but according to me it will not be surprising if their number comes down to 40, like they had got 40 seats (in 2013 Assembly polls), after the first term of the BJP government in the state (from 2008-13). So, it will not be surprising if the ’40 per cent commission BJP government’ comes down to 40 seats, people are that angry, you ask whomever you want, anywhere,” he added.
The KPCC chief on Tuesday had claimed that whereas its earlier survey had projected Congress’ seat tally at 136, the current survey predicted a tally of over 140 seats.
In the 2018 Assembly polls, the BJP had received 104 seats within the 224 member Assembly, rising as the only largest social gathering, whereas Congress and JD(S)’ tally stood at 80 and 37 respectively. However, BJP’s tally elevated within the later days giving it a majority within the Assembly, as a number of Congress and JD(S) MLAs defected to affix the saffron social gathering.
To a query on Congress’ screening committee assembly as a part of the social gathering’s course of to pick candidates, Shivakumar mentioned, “today too there is a meeting, we have reached a stage, completing almost 75 per cent of the process, today we will complete it fully, after this it will be sent to the national level (AICC).”
“We will do the process (to choose candidates) and intimate those concerned,” he mentioned, when requested whether or not the method was getting too lengthy.
Shivakumar additionally referred to as Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai “Sullina Saradaara” (lord of lies) , as he hit out on the latter for terming Congress 200 models of free energy promise as “bogus”, stating that the CM himself was making false guarantees to folks or not maintaining the guarantees made earlier.
