Brainfade Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 It is painful that, even in 2013, every election report from Karnataka (and I am sure AP/TN) is peppered with caste references. "Siddaramaiah, a Kuruba ..." "Kumaraswamy, a Vokkaliga ..." "Vagesh Prasad, a Lingayat etc." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983-2011 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 what happened to Feku's rallying in Karnataka, BJP lost 70 seats:giggle: no one buys his BS outside of Gujarat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983-2011 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Modi Campaigned in Mangalore (DK) - 8 seats. BJP Won 1, lost 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 what happened to Feku's rallying in Karnataka, BJP lost 70 seats:giggle: no one buys his BS outside of Gujarat Modi Campaigned in Mangalore (DK) - 8 seats. BJP Won 1' date= lost 7 fantastic :nice: Pappu also failed - he campaigned in 60 constituencies and Cong, despite performing so well throughout the state, coulf win only 24 of those seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983-2011 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Look at this beautiful map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 It is painful that' date=' even in 2013, every election report from Karnataka (and I am sure AP/TN) is peppered with caste references. "Siddaramaiah, a Kuruba ..." "Kumaraswamy, a Vokkaliga ..." "Vagesh Prasad, a Lingayat etc."[/quote'] yep-very annoying to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Look at this beautiful map http://s24.postimg.org/xsdogk31h/Untitled.png you really are a Cong fanboy, aren't you :--D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983-2011 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 you really are a Cong fanboy' date=' aren't you :--D[/quote'] i know u really despise them but good to see that ur not blind feku bhakt, u know his worth outside gujarat:--D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainfade Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 yep-very annoying to say the least. I have run away from that and have lost my right to complain about it. So, suffice it to say that, until we get over these petty caste-politics, it will be very difficult to make real progress despite the IT-boom and concomitant economic growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983-2011 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 If BJP gets more than 50 seats, I'll do whatever Shettar says: Yeddyurappa Johnson T A : Hubli, Thu May 02 2013, 11:07 hrs Former chief minister and BJP rebel B S Yeddyurappa has travelled across 50 constituencies in the last 10 days, a campaign schedule outmatched by any other leader. His Karnataka Janata Party is expected to divide the BJP's Lingayat vote base in the Mumbai-Karnataka and central Karnataka regions, which would benefit the Congress, while also bagging seats in other places such as Haveri district where five of the six BJP candidates have jumped boat. On Monday night, at an election rally in Shiggaon (the exception among the six seats), the Lingayat strongman recounted the story of his betrayal by the BJP, and for the first time attacked the BJP's Shiggaon candidate, his one-time close aide and minister Basavaraj Bommai. He blamed Bommai for driving a wedge between him and the BJP. On Tuesday, Yeddyurappa told The Indian Express, "I am sorry, I was really upset and I lost my head." This was in Hubli, the stronghold of current BJP chief minister Jagadish Shettar, Yeddyurappa's aide-turned-Lingayat rival Jagadish Shettar. In the course of an interview, Yeddyurappa discussed how he expects the polls to unfold: What kind of response have you seen for the Karnataka Janata Party in the course of your campaign? In the last one week, the campaign has been going beyond our expectations. There is no question of suffering a setback in any of the constituencies I have travelled to... more than 10,000 to 20,000 people have gathered for every rally. Every day, there is a growing demand for me to campaign in new constituencies. Yesterday I covered nine constituencies, today I will cover eight. When national leaders of other parties are offering to campaign, people are not as interested. I am tired because of the amount of travelling I have done. The KJP has been labelled the B-team to the Congress by BJP leaders such as Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar. What do you have to say? Jagadish Shettar is still the chief minister; he should not talk irresponsibly — it does not show him in good light. My candidates will defeat top leaders of the Congress such as Siddaramaiah and G Parameshwara. It is the BJP that has a pre-poll alliance, with the Janata Dal (Secular). Eshwarappa (former state BJP president) has already said they will form an alliance with the JDS and form a government... Look at Shettar's situation as a chief minister: what is his status? Why do you think the national leaders of his party are making so many visits? It is because that is a sinking ship. If the BJP gets more than 50 seats after all this campaigning by the national leaders, then I will listen to whatever Shettar has to say. From 121 seats they are going to win only 50, a reflection of the leadership of that man. He is in a situation where he is likely to lose all respect. Are you looking only at a specific number of seats, especially in the Lingayat belt, while looking at dividing BJP votes in others? I will tell you two things. Without me no one can form the next government. I have hopes of being the single largest party even if we do not get an absolute majority. You will be surprised when the results come. The BJP has been saying the KJP will be restricted to five or six seats in the Haveri and Gadag regions. The captains of a sinking ship are underestimating us. Like I said, I will listen to anything Jagadish Shettar says if the BJP gets more than 50. Let them talk after May 8, when all of Shettar's luncheon programmes will have come to an end. Never in the lifetime of Shettar and his friends will the BJP come to power under his leadership. Are you looking to exact electoral revenge from people who were close to you but have chosen to stay on in the BJP, such as Umesh Katti and Basavaraj Bommai? We are not targeting anyone in particular. We want to focus on all seats equally. You did target Bommai, formerly a close associate of yours, on Monday at Shiggaon, saying he had back-stabbed you. The way that man has cheated is equivalent to backstabbing. He entered into an understanding with the Delhi leaders of my former party — he assured them I would not leave the BJP and promised them it would be his responsibility to see that I remain. He would come back to me and say I should not stay in the BJP at any cost, that he would be with me all the way. We spoke some 50 times. He must have felt that he would have to give me funds for the new party but I told him I would generate the funds by begging before the people. Still he kept on dilly-dallying and in the end he did not come with me and did not allow others to come with me either. He ranks number one for betrayals... On Monday I went to Shiggaon and it became inevitable that I speak out. The KJP's extensive campaign has meant that your own district of Shimoga, where it is considered a battle between Yeddyurappa and Eshwarappa, has not got attention. We are going to win in Shimoga. There is no question about that. Eshwarappa is going to lose. Some BJP MPs associated with the KJP, like your son B Y Raghavendra and Shivakumar Udasi, remain in the BJP despite being suspended. Why this continuance of links with the BJP when you have broken away? Nobody is interested in remaining BJP candidates. In the parliamentary polls, they will be KJP candidates, as will many other current BJP candidates. That is a sinking ship... I will begin preparing for the Lok Sabha elections as soon as the assembly elections are over. My target is to win 10 to 12 seats in Parliament. My future aim is the Lok Sabha. The BJP is using my programmes to campaign, and this will remind people that it was under Yeddyurappa's leadership that the BJP government was formed, that the programmes were created, that 19 seats in Parliament were won, that local body elections were won. Everyone knows what happened in the recent urban local body polls — Shettar could not deliver. How do you respond to feelers from the BJP seeking your return? The other day, Uma Bharti said you must shed your ego and return to the BJP. I am grateful for her respect towards me but there is no question of going back. When my own party is getting a good response, even from minorities, I would not like to betray that trust. I have decided there is no question of joining hands with my former party. I would prefer to sit in opposition if such a situation arises, rather than join hands with them. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/if-bjp-gets-more-than-50-seats-ill-do-whatever-shettar-says-yeddyurappa/1109868/0 :hatsoff: what a prediction by yeddy 7 days ago but even he overestimated by 20% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983-2011 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 modi called rahul mr golden spoon but bechara feku got left with a wooden spoon in Karnataka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 i know u really despise them but good to see that ur not blind feku bhakt' date=' u know his worth outside gujarat:--D[/quote'] I consider him as the man behind the Guj riots so I do not like him. Besides, NDA can never hope to reach 272 under his leadership. BTW, he can at least deliver Gujarat for the BJP, Pappu can't deliver even a single seat except his own and everyone except the Congress knows this :hehe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 If BJP gets more than 50 seats' date=' I'll do whatever Shettar says: Yeddyurappa[/size'] :hatsoff: what a prediction by yeddy 7 days ago but even he overestimated by 20% you highlighted that prediction but didn't see this one: "I will tell you two things. Without me no one can form the next government. I have hopes of being the single largest party even if we do not get an absolute majority. You will be surprised when the results come." :P In election season all these are empty statements made by every single major leader across all parties - before the elections Yeddy is not expected to say that I split with the BJP and now I expect them to still win 100 seats without me. He obviously has to say that BJP will perform miserably without him. Similarly, he has formed a new party so he has to say that he will get the highest number of seats even if he knows damn well that he has no chance of even coming 2nd or 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Funny situation - both BJP and JDS have got 40 seats so who gets to be the main opposition party (and thus get the leader of the opposition)... It will depend who has more number of votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983-2011 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Funny situation - both BJP and JDS have got 40 seats so who gets to be the main opposition party (and thus get the leader of the opposition)... yeddy will support JDS just to piss off BJP even more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 yeddy will support JDS just to piss off BJP even more Its not possible as JDS will need more votes on its own to be leader of the opposition and if they are even then its by party so Yeddy will get nothing. He was hoping to be kingmaker now he will be nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSK Fan Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 In areas where we saw moral policing, pub attacks, attacks on churches, BJP was completely wiped out. In a pre poll youth had said they were sick of such things. Similarly Modi raised the cow slaughter issue and instead of garnering votes, in those areas Muslims voted for congress. The day BJP will abandon support for such things, more sane people will vote for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulbul Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 In areas where we saw moral policing' date=' pub attacks, attacks on churches, BJP was completely wiped out. In a pre poll youth had said they were sick of such things. Similarly Modi raised the cow slaughter issue and instead of garnering votes, [b']in those areas Muslims voted for congress. The day BJP will abandon support for such things, more sane people will vote for them Otherwise also Muslims won't vote BJP , even if they do good work. I am from the region you are talking about , so know little bit about ground realities :winky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravishingravi Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 In areas where we saw moral policing' date=' pub attacks, attacks on churches, BJP was completely wiped out. In a pre poll youth had said they were sick of such things. Similarly Modi raised the cow slaughter issue and instead of garnering votes, in those areas Muslims voted for congress.[b'] The day BJP will abandon support for such things, more sane people will vote for them "Algebra of infinite fundamentalism" on display again. Typical pompous presumptuous pseudo secular thought process one expects from you. So, whom I don't agree with are insane. I would say sane people will consider the overall agenda and performance of political party ,BJP or Congress, and not vote on one or two points of disagreements. BJP got exactly what it deserved. But make not mistake about it, the discriminatory secular fanatics are just as communal in their outlook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravishingravi Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Look at this beautiful map I genuinely have not met hardcore Congress supporter ever. Or maybe they tend to be quiet with new corruption scandals coming to surface by the hour. Or maybe there is dirth of confidence in urban areas. But tell me, what do you see as way forward for Congress ? Is there anything about Congress or Gandhi Parivaar that you believe is less than "perfect" and requires to addressed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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