BENGALURU: The 2d and remaining phase of polling in the state — for 14 Lok Sabha seats in North Karnataka — will witness a straight contest between the Congress and the BJP. Unlike the primary phase, the JD(S) has a marginal presence in those seats.
The winning recipe in the Lingayat-dominated area shall be an alliance between this dominant community and Ahinda (Kannada acronym for minorities, different backward classes and dalits). Hence, each BJP’s strongman BS Yeddyurappa and Congress’ Ahinda champion Siddaramaiah are crucial right here.
In 2014, the BJP had coasted house in 11 of the 14 seats up for grabs right here, leaving the rest to the Congress.
The overall voters in nowadays’s polling is two.4 crore, together with five.4 lakh first-time voters. The two giant fights are in Shivamogga and Kalaburagi. Yeddyurappa’s son BY Raghavendra is making an attempt to retain Shivamogga in a duel with another former leader minister’s son Madhu Bangarappa. With Congress’ troubleshooter DK Shivakumar taking particular interest in the contest, the result is keenly watched. In Kalaburagi, Congress chief in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun M Kharge, is attempting a hattrick and is dealing with a former Congressman as his foe.
Though the area has a large number of backward pockets and is deficit in development in comparison with south Karnataka, actual problems haven’t been at the centre of campaigning with electioneering centered around personalities. The debatable Mahadayi challenge — a watersharing scheme between Karnataka and Goa for which farmers were agitating for just about 3 years — was no longer a priority in poll speeches. Or, for that topic, the plight of sugarcane farmers’ unpaid dues from factories.
If the Congress manages to bag extra seats from the area, it might be damage new floor and signal the sluggish return of the Lingayat community to its fold.
The winning recipe in the Lingayat-dominated area shall be an alliance between this dominant community and Ahinda (Kannada acronym for minorities, different backward classes and dalits). Hence, each BJP’s strongman BS Yeddyurappa and Congress’ Ahinda champion Siddaramaiah are crucial right here.
In 2014, the BJP had coasted house in 11 of the 14 seats up for grabs right here, leaving the rest to the Congress.
The overall voters in nowadays’s polling is two.4 crore, together with five.4 lakh first-time voters. The two giant fights are in Shivamogga and Kalaburagi. Yeddyurappa’s son BY Raghavendra is making an attempt to retain Shivamogga in a duel with another former leader minister’s son Madhu Bangarappa. With Congress’ troubleshooter DK Shivakumar taking particular interest in the contest, the result is keenly watched. In Kalaburagi, Congress chief in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun M Kharge, is attempting a hattrick and is dealing with a former Congressman as his foe.
Though the area has a large number of backward pockets and is deficit in development in comparison with south Karnataka, actual problems haven’t been at the centre of campaigning with electioneering centered around personalities. The debatable Mahadayi challenge — a watersharing scheme between Karnataka and Goa for which farmers were agitating for just about 3 years — was no longer a priority in poll speeches. Or, for that topic, the plight of sugarcane farmers’ unpaid dues from factories.
If the Congress manages to bag extra seats from the area, it might be damage new floor and signal the sluggish return of the Lingayat community to its fold.
Lingayats hold key in third phase of LS polling
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Reviewed by Kailash
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April 23, 2019
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