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Bangalore. Less than a month is left for the assembly elections in Karnataka, but such an election atmosphere has not yet been created in the capital Bengaluru. In this city, if you want to see the hoarding of any political party’s propaganda, then you will have to make some effort. The political mercury is hot for the elections to be held in this most important state before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. All the political parties of the state have put in full force. The respective claims and statements of the leaders of all the parties are coming to the fore.
Discussed with many leaders of Congress and BJP of the state and found that five major points are being discussed in this election. These include over-confidence in Congress camp, caste equation, 40% commission taint on BJP, Congress’ promise of Rs 2000 per month for women and Modi factor. The Congress camp is already assuming that it has won. Some of its leaders are overconfident. He says that there is ‘anger among people towards corruption’ in the state. Here, the BJP camp is believing that there could be a ‘clash of thorns’. But BJP leaders insist that they had already won more than 100 seats and PM Narendra Modi will be our trump card during the elections, whose arrival will decide our victory.
It is necessary for the Congress to win the Karnataka elections, otherwise the BJP…
A senior Congress leader said that ‘It is very important for the Congress to win the Karnataka elections… If this does not happen, it will not be able to stop the BJP in the 2024 elections.’ Congress is over-confident. Congress campaign will end soon as they do not have any popular national leader. At the same time, BJP’s campaign will be at its peak at the right time as PM Narendra Modi will tour the state extensively. Here, the Congress says that it has deliberately kept the campaign local as it is its winning formula. A Congress leader said that ‘our campaign is over’. Now, our leaders will focus on constituency level campaigns.
