The survey showed what we Kannadigas knew all along. While it succeeded in establishing the trend - Congress coasting to victory, it failed to grasp the scale.
The BJP has termed Karnataka Assembly polls as their Gateway to South India. It will turn out to be the Graveyard and with that, whole of South India will be purified from the evil force - BJP
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by Bharat Kr on May 01, 2008 12:47 AM Permalink
Tathagata Mukherjee: Are you Kannadiga? Why wasting your time? You are a fake number one in internet.
RE:BJP can be reduced to Single Digit
by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 12:37 AM Permalink
The Deccan-Herald pre-poll survey that BJP is not only a Lingayat party but that too confined to Mumbai-Karnataka region, where they are expected to sweep. This is the region where Lingayats concentrate in high numbers.
The Congress is main challenger to the BJP in this region. Consequently if all non-Lingayats in that region consolidate their voting around Congress than BJP will be practically wiped out from Karnataka competing with minor parties like SP, JD(U), BSP for third place.
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by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 12:38 AM Permalink
Caste polarization between Lingayat and non-Lingayats are going to burst BJP's dreams of Karnataka being a Gateway to the South and instead their graveyard.
Bangarappa is similarly going to defeat Yediruppa. The SP may not have a pre-poll alliance with the Congress. However, may have a post poll alliance with them
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by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 12:38 AM Permalink
Why even 70 seats is too much. They can be reduced to single digits.
The CNN-IBN survey has showed that the BJP lacks a pan Karnataka character. It is mainly supported by Lingayats concentrated in the Mumbai-Karnataka region (50 seats)where it is poised to sweep. In all other regions, BJP is wiped out or trailing a distant second.
So two steps is all that is required to reduce BJP to single digits:
1. Informal election understanding among secular parties like they did in the case of Yediruppa - JD(S) not fielding a candidate and Congress fielding a very weak candidate - the combined impact consolidates the anti-BJP votes. This has happened already.
2. Tactical voting by non-Lingayats against BJP to counter the Lingayat consolidation behind BJP
This way, the Congress wins and the JD(S) becomes the main opposition party - the good old days of decent politics without riots!
RE:BJP can be reduced to Single Digit
by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 12:52 AM Permalink
Then Thimme you should be aware that Indian made foreign liqour is being smuggled from MP by the same BJP to be given to potential voters. If you give information on such transfers from MP, you get 10% of the market value as reward
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by Thimme Gowda on May 01, 2008 12:48 AM Permalink
Do not talk blindly. I don't care who wins but Main social issue hindering poor families is arrack. Rural poor families are getting destroyed and spoiled by liquor and low grade arrack by Congress liquor lobbies. Drunken men abuse kids and women there by destroying whole family. Because of family arrack drinking tradition, teens also start drinking arrack and spoil their career and do not go to schools. This has been happening since 60 years. In fact Congress is supplying arrack during election for vote bank. It was only BJP banned arrack to save poor families in our state
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by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 12:46 AM Permalink
Maybe Thimme. But Karnataka was a peace haven and known for its tolerance. The defeat of the BJP can perhaps see some of this returning back
