BENGALURU: Political analyists said Congress is seeing the same fate as it did in the 2019 polls.
The five guarantees schemes that were announced by the Congress government in the state helped only for the assembly polls but did little for the Lok Sabha seats. The voters seemed to be looking for much more.
In Haveri, former BJP Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai won with a margin of 43513 seats. In Dharwad BJP’s Pralhad Joshi won for the fifth time with a margin of 97324 votes. In Uttara Kannada, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri won with the highest margin in the state of 3,37,428 votes.
In Shimoga son of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, BY Raghavendra won with a margin of 2,43,715 votes. Soon after winning he spoke to the media and thanked the voters for trusting in the party. He not just beat Congress but even BJP rebel candidate KS Eshwarappa, who was also deputy chief minister.
In Dakshina Kannada, Captain Brijesh Chowta won by a margin of 1,49,208. he was the first time candidate on a BJP ticket. He is a former Indian Army officer who joined BJP in 2013.
In Chitradurga, BJP continued to hold its ground with former deputy chief minister Govind Makthappa Karjol winning with a margin of 48,121 votes. He has been a MLA for five times.
In Tumakuru V Sommanna won with a thumping majority margin of 1,75,594 votes.
The Janata Dal (Secular) which was contesting this Lok Sabha polls in alliance with BJP, won two seats of the three. They lost Hassan seat to Congress candidate Shreyas Patel.
JD(S) candidate Prajwal Revanna lost to him. He is now in SIT custody facing alleged sex scandal row.
JD(S) former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and party leader won by a large majority margin of 2,84,620. Also in Kolar Mallesh Babu beat Congress candidate by a margin of 71,388.
According to political experts the internal bickering in the Congress party has worked in favour of JD(S) candidate Mallesh Babu this election.
In Gulbarga, Congress was able to save its position. As AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge’s son-in-law Radhakrishna won by a margin of 27,205 votes.