A day after the Election Commission of India introduced the Karnataka Election ballot schedule, senior BJP chief and former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa claimed that the saffron occasion will get an absolute majority within the meeting elections. Brushing apart the speculations of him contesting the polls, Yediyurappa mentioned that he will not contest the election however will work to make sure that BJP emerges victorious.Â
“I’ve decided not to contest the Assembly election. I resigned from the chief minister’s post as I’ve already crossed 80 years of age. Even if I’ve crossed 80 years, I’ll go around in state not only this time but next time as well. We’ll see BJP get majority not only this time but also next time,” mentioned Yediyurappa.
The former chief minister mentioned that the BJP will retain energy underneath the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “We’re going to get absolute majority in Karnataka. Under PM Modi’s leadership, we’ll come back to power. Congress are corrupt and that’s why they’re making false allegations of 40% commission. These things will be kept away by voters in the polls,” mentioned Yediyurappa.
The Congress is eager to wrest energy to offer the occasion much-needed elbow room to assist place itself as the primary opposition participant within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. It has made corruption a central theme of its marketing campaign, pointing to numerous “scams” and 40 per cent fee cost by a contractors’ physique. The BJP has sought to counter this narrative by highlighting alleged graft throughout earlier Congress regimes each on the Centre and the State.
The Congress additionally faces the problem of protecting at bay intense factionalism, particularly between the camps of its two CM aspirants Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar — who are sometimes seen to be participating in political one-upmanship for a while now. Both the leaders exuded confidence that the Congress will kind the federal government.
As the political temperature in Karnataka hots up on a spread of points, the BJP hopes to buck an almost four-decade-old development to retain energy and script historical past whereas the Congress will search to upstage its saffron rival to up its stakes as a key challenger. No political occasion has gained a successive mandate within the state since 1985 and the BJP is raring to rewrite this little bit of historical past and retain its southern citadel.
Earlier yesterday, the ECI introduced that meeting polls in Karnataka will likely be held in a single section on May 10. Announcing the ballot schedule at a information convention in Delhi, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar mentioned votes will likely be counted on May 13. Kumar mentioned elections for the 224-member Assembly have been scheduled on a Wednesday, and never on a Monday or Friday, to encourage larger participation of voters.
Like within the final twenty years, the polls will primarily be a three-cornered contest involving the BJP, Congress and JD(S). (With company inputs)
