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A month after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was ousted from power in Karnataka after being defeated by Congress in opinion polls, discontent with the party’s unity in the state appears to be mounting.
Months ahead of the Karnataka elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with the state’s senior BJP leaders after launching the party’s election campaign. Shah then reportedly asked them, among other things, to steer clear of any compromise or understanding with the opposition parties to ensure that the BJP could secure a clear majority in the elections.
Such a message, it seems, was not heeded by some of the party leaders in the state, according to the claims of the BJP’s national general secretary, CT Ravi.
Addressing reporters on Friday after the BJP in Karnataka held a meeting to take stock of the party’s debacle in the May 10 elections, Ravi pointed his guns at his party colleagues in the state, blaming “compromise politics” with the party’s rivals for his election defeat. The compromise policies of some leaders also caused us problems. If there was no compromise policy, we would not have lost power,” he claimed.
Because of its “amendment policy”, the BJP failed to take advantage of issues that would have cornered the Congress and given it an advantage, Ravi said. “I can’t say (more). But the compromise and accommodation policies of some people have made it difficult for the party… How many times have we (BJP-led Basavaraj Bommai government) been asked to report on the Arkavathi case (for Siddaramaiah’s refusal)? If we had taken If there is any action regarding solar infractions (against DK Shivakumar), then such a situation would not have arisen,” he claimed.
Ravi’s remarks came as two dominant factions of the BJP blamed each other for the party’s defeat. Ravi was among those who lost the polls. He was defeated in the Chikkamagaluru seat by HD Thammaiah, who was affiliated with BS Yediyurappa camp before moving to the Congress before the elections.
It is believed that Ravi, one of the chiefs of the Phokaliga, had faced setback from the large Lingayat community in
Chikkamagaluru, who blamed him among those responsible for Yediyurappa’s removal as CM.
JD(S) leader H.D. Coomaraswamy, whose party has performed so poorly, stuck by Ravi’s remarks to accuse Congress and the BJP of having an “internal understanding”.
“I noticed a statement made by CT Ravi. He said Congress and BJP have an internal understanding. I want to ask Congress leaders that they have agreement with who? It was you who called us BJP team. Now tell us who is which team?” ” He said.
Meanwhile, the Congress chose to stay away from the dispute, with party staffers accusing Rafi of making these statements out of “sheer desperation”. Even the BJP leaders know that the rift between the Yediurapa camp and the BJP (Organization) General Secretary BL Santhosh was the factor that hurt them the most. Moreover, people are fed up with the BJP and its corrupt government.” He said there was no need to read much into Coomaraswamy’s remarks either, accusing the former chief minister of pursuing a “convenience policy”.
Growing discontent in Karnataka’s Bharatiya Janata Party has started playing out over the nomination of BJP candidates for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for April-May next year. Indication of a fermentation problem, ex CM
DV Sadananda Gowda, Member of Parliament for North Bengaluru, recently came out accusing some party insiders of allegedly planning a plot to refuse 2024 election tickets for ruling party MPs in the state.
The Congress was defeated by the Bharatiya Janata Party in opinion polls, dropping to 66 seats to 135 in the 224-seat Parliament.
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