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HAND RISES IN SOUTH
Sunday, May 12, 2013
With Congress registering an impressive victory in
Karnataka, BJP has lost its lone bastion in south India.
Kestur Vasuki analyses the Assembly election result and
how it could affect national politics
The BJP’s humiliating defeat in Karnataka has raised more
questions than answers. How could the party which
registered such a spectacular victory in 2008 be reduced
to rubble five years later? Will the BJP be able to make
a comeback in the 2014 Lok Sabha election? Or, is it all
over for the party as far as its southern dreams are
concerned?
It is pertinent to note that former Chief Minister and
Lingayat leader BS Yeddyurappa, who built the party from
scratch in the State, has now become one of the main
reasons why the BJP is in such a mess. Apart from the
Lingayat vote split, the consolidation of backward
classes in favour of the Congress has sounded the death
knell for the party. In Karnataka politics, two steams of
voters — backward classes and dominant communities —
decide the fate of a political party. This election has
seen the consolidation of the two groups in favour of the
Congress, thus eroding the BJP’s base. Had the BJP not
retained some support in urban centres, it could not have
even got the face-saving 40 seats — which it holds
jointly with HD Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular). The
party has won 13 out of 28 constituencies in Bangalore
urban.
In 2008, many Left leaders among Dalits formed a
political platform in the BJP to defeat the Congress. The
division of the Left and the Right among Dalits has
traditionally been exploited by different political
parties, particularly the Congress. In 2008, however, the
attitude of the Left Dalits changed favourably towards
the BJP. Likewise, Lingayats backed Yeddyurappa to bring
the BJP to power. Five years down the line, these two
support bases have eroded considerably, causing a major
electoral debacle for the party.
Continues at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/top-stories/hand-rises-in-south.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
HAND RISES IN SOUTH
Sunday, May 12, 2013
With Congress registering an impressive victory in
Karnataka, BJP has lost its lone bastion in south India.
Kestur Vasuki analyses the Assembly election result and
how it could affect national politics
The BJP’s humiliating defeat in Karnataka has raised more
questions than answers. How could the party which
registered such a spectacular victory in 2008 be reduced
to rubble five years later? Will the BJP be able to make
a comeback in the 2014 Lok Sabha election? Or, is it all
over for the party as far as its southern dreams are
concerned?
It is pertinent to note that former Chief Minister and
Lingayat leader BS Yeddyurappa, who built the party from
scratch in the State, has now become one of the main
reasons why the BJP is in such a mess. Apart from the
Lingayat vote split, the consolidation of backward
classes in favour of the Congress has sounded the death
knell for the party. In Karnataka politics, two steams of
voters — backward classes and dominant communities —
decide the fate of a political party. This election has
seen the consolidation of the two groups in favour of the
Congress, thus eroding the BJP’s base. Had the BJP not
retained some support in urban centres, it could not have
even got the face-saving 40 seats — which it holds
jointly with HD Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular). The
party has won 13 out of 28 constituencies in Bangalore
urban.
In 2008, many Left leaders among Dalits formed a
political platform in the BJP to defeat the Congress. The
division of the Left and the Right among Dalits has
traditionally been exploited by different political
parties, particularly the Congress. In 2008, however, the
attitude of the Left Dalits changed favourably towards
the BJP. Likewise, Lingayats backed Yeddyurappa to bring
the BJP to power. Five years down the line, these two
support bases have eroded considerably, causing a major
electoral debacle for the party.
Continues at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/top-stories/hand-rises-in-south.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
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