KARNATAK PARADOX - LOTUS RESISTS UPA STORM
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The Economic Times
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Bangalore = Karnataka defied the national mood yet again to
give the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) an overwhelming
victory as the state ended up on the wrong side of the
grouping for the third time in a row. The BJP added one
seat to its tally of 18 in 2004, cementing its hold in its
southern stronghold and enhancing the prestige of chief
minister B S Yeddyurappa in the party.
"We have won despite a tacit understanding between the
Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress. The BJP now has a
greater responsibility to serve Bangalore," he said,
getting into election mode yet again as India's technology
capital readies to choose representatives to the city
corporation in a few weeks.
Mr Yeddyurappa said the performance of the party in
Karnataka was below expectations -- it saw itself winning
at least 22 seats -- but "satisfactory." The Congress tally
fell by two to just six seats while the JD (S) won three
seats, one more than in 2004. In 1999, when the Bharatiya
Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance was elected
to power at the Centre, Karnataka gave 18 seats to the
Congress. In 2004, when the UPA formed a government in
Delhi, the state sent 18 BJP representatives to parliament.
The three major power centres in the BJP -- Mr Yeddyurappa,
former Union minister H N Ananth Kumar and the Reddy
brothers of Bellary -- proved that their clout remained
undiminished. Mr Yeddyurappa's 36-year-old son B Y
Raghavendra trounced former chief minister S Bangarappa in
Shimoga and Mr Ananth Kumar fended off a stiff challenge
from the Congress' Krishna Byre Gowda in Bangalore South.
In Bellary, health minister B Sriramulu, a close associate
of the Reddy mining barons, got his sister J Shantha
elected by a slim margin against former Orissa high court
chief justice N Y Hanumanthappa.
Like the rest of his party, Mr Ananth Kumar said he was
disappointed that the BJP fared poorly nationwide but
satisfied about the strong showing in Karnataka. And like
the chief minister he immediately focussed his attention on
the upcoming elections to the Bangalore city corporation.
"We have won three seats in Bangalore, which is good augury
for the corporation poll," he said. Former union minister C
K Jaffer Sharief was defeated by D B Chandre Gowda in
Bangalore North while H T Sangliana lost to P C Mohan in
Bangalore Central.
"The BJP has not been long enough in power in Karnataka for
incumbency to have affected it significantly. The victory
is also a reflection of the unity that the party has been
able to display," said political analyst Sandeep Shastri.
Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy of the JD(S), who won
easily in Bangalore Rural, claimed his party would have
secured at least six seats but for what he called a
"secret" understanding between the Congress and the BJP.
The JD(S), he said, would be part of the meeting of the
Third Front on Monday and decide its strategy after that.
Mr Kumaraswamy met Congress president Sonia Gandhi earlier
this week and there were suggestions that the JD(S) would
extend support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
But with the UPA performing strongly on its own, the
alliance can do without the backing of the JD(S).
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ThickTamizhan
> Karnataka paradox: Lotus resists UPA storm
>
> ET Bureau
> The Economic Times
> Sunday, May 17, 2009
>
> Bangalore = Karnataka defied the national mood yet again to
> give the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) an overwhelming
> victory as the state ended up on the wrong side of the
> grouping for the third time in a row. The BJP added one
> seat to its tally of 18 in 2004, cementing its hold in its
> southern stronghold and enhancing the prestige of chief
> minister B S Yeddyurappa in the party.
Bangalore's been screwed by the BJP. BIAL was designed down and looks
like an industrial warehouse. Karnataka has been butt-f***ed by the BJP.
All sorts of mullah-like idiots aligned with BJP running amok beating up
girls. What prestige does Yeddyamma have?
Spiridon Wolf
Kalidas Mallu Unquotawala
Whoa, dude! Chill!
Equating "saffron" to "green" is inappropriate. There is no notion of
"theocracy" amongst Hindus. When was the last time in Indian history
that there was a "theocratic" state? By this I mean, a state in which
Hinduism dictated every single aspect of a person's life, and took away
a person's "free will"? A state's official religion might have been
Hinduism, and a state might have extended patronage to build temples.
However, I don't believe there ever was a "sharia-equivalent" state.
Yea, yea, the Manusmriti was available in its 100th parchment edition by
then. Hindu kingdoms, like all other kingdoms on the planet, were more
about territorial and wealth gains. However, the "green" ones went one
step further to demand that all become automatons. ;-)
That said, the BJP like _all_ political parties (secular, sekoolar, and
psecular kinds) have their black sheep, and some get a lifetime supply
of pink "chaddis" too. It is better to gage the performance of the
government setting aside its commitment to "Hindutva" (which you seem to
be really spooked about). If the recently concluded parliamentary
elections are any indication, then Digs seem to be happy with their BJP
government. From all indications, Namo is trying hard to make Gujarat
prosperous. Hopefully, that prosperity will touch all citizen
irrespective of what faith they subscribe to.
BTW, what is BIAL?