Next target is to storm assembly polls: BSY
14 March 2013 5:11 AM IST
After playing spoilsport to the ruling BJP in the recently concluded polls to urban local bodies in Karnataka, KJP president BS Yeddyurappa has set his eyes on storming the assembly in upcoming elections.
‘My first target was to finish the BJP in ULB elections because they had ditched me. People have taught them a lesson. My next target is to storm assembly in the upcoming polls,’ he told reporters here on Tuesday.
Yeddyurappa said the central BJP leaders should realise the importance of his contribution to the growth of their party in the state.
‘Without me, the BJP has cut a sorry figure as it lost in almost all districts, particularly strongholds like Udupi and Puutur in ULB elections,’ the former Karnataka chief minister said.
Yeddyurappa said the Karnataka Janata Paksha has performed satisfactorily in the ULB polls, though losing some of his stronghold districts like Shimoga.
‘We are a nascent party and were concentrating on assembly elections, but never expected early ULB polls. So we had inadequate time to prepare. But winning about 300 wards in three months is not a mean achievement,’ he added.
Yeddyurappa said KJP would not ally with any other party before or after the assembly polls. ‘We are going to contest 224 constituencies. I am confident we will get absolute majority,’ he said.
Yeddyurappa denied indirectly supporting Congress in ULB polls and said he was worried about KJP. ‘The Congress, however, have benefited from the ULB elections, whereas JDS lost more than 600 wards compared to the previous ULB polls held in 2007,’ he said.
BJP BLAMES INFIGHTING FOR KARNATAKA DEBACLE
A day after its rout in Karnataka municipal polls, the ruling BJP blamed the debacle on infighting and vowed corrective measures to ensure the party wins the assembly polls due in two months.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders met here on Tuesday to discuss the reasons for the dismal show in the polls to 207 urban local bodies held on 7 March. The results were announced Monday.
‘Infighting cost us. KJP (Karnataka Janata Party) and BSR Congress also took away our votes,’ Higher Education Minister C T Ravi told reporters after the meeting.
Chief minister Jagadish Shettar, his two deputies KS Eshwarappa and R Ashoka, former chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda and a few Lok Sabha members attended the meeting.
KJP was formed by former BJP chief minister BS Yeddyurappa while BSR Congress by former BJP minister B Sriramulu.
‘My first target was to finish the BJP in ULB elections because they had ditched me. People have taught them a lesson. My next target is to storm assembly in the upcoming polls,’ he told reporters here on Tuesday.
Yeddyurappa said the central BJP leaders should realise the importance of his contribution to the growth of their party in the state.
‘Without me, the BJP has cut a sorry figure as it lost in almost all districts, particularly strongholds like Udupi and Puutur in ULB elections,’ the former Karnataka chief minister said.
Yeddyurappa said the Karnataka Janata Paksha has performed satisfactorily in the ULB polls, though losing some of his stronghold districts like Shimoga.
‘We are a nascent party and were concentrating on assembly elections, but never expected early ULB polls. So we had inadequate time to prepare. But winning about 300 wards in three months is not a mean achievement,’ he added.
Yeddyurappa said KJP would not ally with any other party before or after the assembly polls. ‘We are going to contest 224 constituencies. I am confident we will get absolute majority,’ he said.
Yeddyurappa denied indirectly supporting Congress in ULB polls and said he was worried about KJP. ‘The Congress, however, have benefited from the ULB elections, whereas JDS lost more than 600 wards compared to the previous ULB polls held in 2007,’ he said.
BJP BLAMES INFIGHTING FOR KARNATAKA DEBACLE
A day after its rout in Karnataka municipal polls, the ruling BJP blamed the debacle on infighting and vowed corrective measures to ensure the party wins the assembly polls due in two months.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders met here on Tuesday to discuss the reasons for the dismal show in the polls to 207 urban local bodies held on 7 March. The results were announced Monday.
‘Infighting cost us. KJP (Karnataka Janata Party) and BSR Congress also took away our votes,’ Higher Education Minister C T Ravi told reporters after the meeting.
Chief minister Jagadish Shettar, his two deputies KS Eshwarappa and R Ashoka, former chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda and a few Lok Sabha members attended the meeting.
KJP was formed by former BJP chief minister BS Yeddyurappa while BSR Congress by former BJP minister B Sriramulu.
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