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
RE:The BJP can be reduced to a Single Digit
by JaiHanumaan on May 01, 2008 02:47 AM Permalink
Bangaali Tune rabindra sangeet nahi seekha abhi tak, tujhe last time maine battaya tha.. only place for a bangaali is i rabindra sangeet shala.
People like you who do'nt have something of your own, so their only business is steal from others by hook or crook & throw stone at others(BJP).
RE:The BJP can be reduced to a Single Digit
by mahabodhi on May 02, 2008 09:27 AM Permalink
"We should always try to acquire as much knowledge as possible but at the same time we should be careful not to let pseudo-knowledge influence us. " Atharva Veda
RE:The BJP can be reduced to a Single Digit
by Thimme Gowda on May 01, 2008 01:12 AM Permalink
Tathagata, You talk rubbish. Try to be matured person. We don't care who wins or not. Have a constructive discussion. I am talking about ground situation.
RE:The BJP can be reduced to a Single Digit
by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 01:04 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.
RE:RE:The BJP can be reduced to a Single Digit
by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 01:04 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!
