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Just a few months before Assembly elections are held in Karnataka, the ruling BJP's worst fears have been confirmed and the Congress is headed for a big win in the state's urban local body elections.
Counting of votes began this morning and it was soon clear that deep internal fissures in the BJP have taken a toll. The Congress has so far already bagged more than 1227 seats of the 3036 (out of 5000) for which results have been declared so far. The BJP, with just around 583 seats, was trailing even the Janata Dal-Secular at about 603 seats.
Of the 65 seats in Mysore, the Congress is leading in 15 while the BJP has managed to bag 11 and JD(S) bagged 15 seats.
While his consistent rebellion over the year and a half has clearly whittled away at the BJP's base, former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's new Karnataka Janata Party has failed to convert his former party's losses into gains for itself. The strongman is struggling, with only around 200 seats yet.
It is only in Gulbarga, that his newly formed party has done well. In Bellary, home to the powerful Reddy brothers of the BJP, the Congress has grabbed a whopping 21of the 35 wards.
Voting was been held last week in all major towns for over 4,800 seats in 207 urban local bodies.
The BJP had come in third in the 2007 urban local body elections too, but had the managed to get 1180 of the total 5007 seats, with the Congress winning 1606, followed by the JD(S) at 1502
Counting of votes began this morning and it was soon clear that deep internal fissures in the BJP have taken a toll. The Congress has so far already bagged more than 1227 seats of the 3036 (out of 5000) for which results have been declared so far. The BJP, with just around 583 seats, was trailing even the Janata Dal-Secular at about 603 seats.
Of the 65 seats in Mysore, the Congress is leading in 15 while the BJP has managed to bag 11 and JD(S) bagged 15 seats.
While his consistent rebellion over the year and a half has clearly whittled away at the BJP's base, former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's new Karnataka Janata Party has failed to convert his former party's losses into gains for itself. The strongman is struggling, with only around 200 seats yet.
It is only in Gulbarga, that his newly formed party has done well. In Bellary, home to the powerful Reddy brothers of the BJP, the Congress has grabbed a whopping 21of the 35 wards.
Voting was been held last week in all major towns for over 4,800 seats in 207 urban local bodies.
The BJP had come in third in the 2007 urban local body elections too, but had the managed to get 1180 of the total 5007 seats, with the Congress winning 1606, followed by the JD(S) at 1502
True, Shettar has never been in the news for right reasons, but atleast he isnt in the news for wrong reasons either. Common people are so frustrated that we consider one to be good politician if he is just isnt in the news, not caring if he has actually done some good work or not! Pity!
