BENGALURU: Karnataka's capital will have proved its recognition of housing detached electorate with just over part turning out on May 12, however it returned Congress to 13 of the town's 28 seats. The party maintained its tally within the city even as it lost a number of seats across the state.
Eleven seats went to BJP and two to JD(S). The BJP count has dropped by means of one, whilst JD(S) won one seat.
Bengaluru re-elected Congress' K J George, Roshan Baig and NA Haris, who Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned "were defaming Bengaluru" and BJP nationwide president Amit Shah had pledged to rid the town of.
Shah had mentioned: "Law and order has been abysmal and Siddaramaiah has surrendered to the troika of (KJ) George, (NA) Haris and Roshan Baig, and has handed over Bengaluru to them. Those three may be contesting on three seats but for us, they are present on all 224 as the symbol of lawlessness."
On Tuesday, Baig, who was elected for a third consecutive term from Shivajinagar within the heart of the town, told TOI: "We respect the position of prime minister, and it was unbecoming of Modi to take names of public representatives without any basis. Our victory shows how the people rejected the PM's claim."
Baig has been an MLA from Bengaluru seven occasions, whilst it's the 3rd time that Haris and George are returning to power. Other repeat winners come with Congress' Ramalinga Reddy, who has never lost since 1989, Krishna Byre Gowda who has controlled a hat-trick in Byatarayanapura, and BJP's R Ashoka, a six-time winner.
"It is a clear indication that all three parties didn't want to take any risk. They trusted their tested faces and it seems to have paid off yet again," L Vasudevamurthy, a political analyst, mentioned. Political observer N K Mohan Ram, mentioned: "Roadshows by Rahul Gandhi and Amit Shah in the last phase helped. Congress' infrastructure projects for the city helped them retain some seats."
Eleven seats went to BJP and two to JD(S). The BJP count has dropped by means of one, whilst JD(S) won one seat.
Bengaluru re-elected Congress' K J George, Roshan Baig and NA Haris, who Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned "were defaming Bengaluru" and BJP nationwide president Amit Shah had pledged to rid the town of.
Shah had mentioned: "Law and order has been abysmal and Siddaramaiah has surrendered to the troika of (KJ) George, (NA) Haris and Roshan Baig, and has handed over Bengaluru to them. Those three may be contesting on three seats but for us, they are present on all 224 as the symbol of lawlessness."
On Tuesday, Baig, who was elected for a third consecutive term from Shivajinagar within the heart of the town, told TOI: "We respect the position of prime minister, and it was unbecoming of Modi to take names of public representatives without any basis. Our victory shows how the people rejected the PM's claim."
Baig has been an MLA from Bengaluru seven occasions, whilst it's the 3rd time that Haris and George are returning to power. Other repeat winners come with Congress' Ramalinga Reddy, who has never lost since 1989, Krishna Byre Gowda who has controlled a hat-trick in Byatarayanapura, and BJP's R Ashoka, a six-time winner.
"It is a clear indication that all three parties didn't want to take any risk. They trusted their tested faces and it seems to have paid off yet again," L Vasudevamurthy, a political analyst, mentioned. Political observer N K Mohan Ram, mentioned: "Roadshows by Rahul Gandhi and Amit Shah in the last phase helped. Congress' infrastructure projects for the city helped them retain some seats."
Karnataka plays safe, returns old faces to same seats
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May 16, 2018
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