BJP’s outreach move ahead of Madarihat bypolls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up for a 'public outreach' campaign in the Madarihat Assembly segment, as it seeks to retain the seat in an upcoming by-election.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday caused a major upset for the Congress party as it had crossed the half-way mark in the number of leading seats in Karnataka Assembly polls.
According to the Election Commission, BJP is currently leading in 111 seats, Congress in 64 and JD(S) in 38 seats.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to Twitter and congratulated the winner. She added that the results would have been different if Congress fought the election in alliance with JD(S).
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“Congratulations to the winners of the Karnataka elections. For those who lost, fight back. If Congress had gone into an alliance with the JD(S), the result would have been different. Very different,” she wrote in Twitter.
Congratulations to the winners of the Karnataka elections. For those who lost, fight back. If Congress had gone into an alliance with the JD(S), the result would have been different. Very different
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 15, 2018
Even though the final verdict is yet to come out, it is safe to say that the Congress is on its way out.
In a major shock, several media reports indicated that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was trailing from both the seats he contested – Chamundeshwari and Badami. However, this cannot be confirmed at the moment. While he is definitely trailing in Chamundeshwari, the CM had a slender lead in Badami as per latest trends.
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Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah also took to Twitter and remarked, “Et tu, #Karnataka?”
Et tu #Karnataka.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 15, 2018
Meanwhile, Hundreds of BJP workers broke into celebration at the party headquarters in Bengaluru and other places across Karnataka.
If the BJP manages to dethrone the Congress in Karnataka, the Rahul Gandhi-led party will be reduced to two states and one Union Territory – Punjab, Mizoram and Puducherry.
With this victory, BJP will get to rule its 21st state.
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