The Bharatiya Janata Party is again learnt to have resolved to go to the Lok Sabha polls under the leadership of BS Yeddyurappa,state president.Although the Lingayat strong man failed to win the vote of confidence in the state Assembly to prove his majority however the party leadership is said to be inclined to retain him in the president’s post till the polls to Lok Sabha are over.
The reasons for such thinking in the higher ups’ are multiple:In spite of Siddaramaiah’s decisive politics of dividing the Lingayat community on according religious minority tag status the outcome of the recently concluded general elections prove beyond doubt that the community has solidly stood behind the BJP.
To further substantiate this point is the fact that of the total 58 MLAs’ elected from all the three parties the strength of BJP alone accounts to 38.Not only the BJP has the highest number of Lingayat legislators the party has been successful in winning from most of the regions like Mumbai Karnataka and Hyderabad Karnataka from the North Karnataka region and Central Karnataka where the votes of Lingayats matter to register a win.
It is taking all these factors into account the party high command is said to have come to a conclusion of further entrusting the responsibility to BS Yeddyurappa for green pastures during the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls scheduled during April/May 2019.
BS Yeddyurappa has already pronounced in the state Assembly:As a mark of gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amith Shah,BJP national president it would be our endeavor to win in all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state.
Though the claim looks too optimistic but by going through the best of performances of the party so far managing to win in at least 20-22 constituencies shouldn’t be a problem is what party insiders admit.
It is also being said that the responsibility of major tasks like organizing the party machinery by appointing office bearers,selection of candidates and many other challenges related to the polls will be assigned to BS Yeddyurappa considering the wins he has ensured in the just concluded polls.
According to party sources BJP candidates have won in most of the constituencies where he had a say in the selection.Interestingly the Hebbal,Dasarahalli.Anekal,Byatarayanpur,Sringeri,Tumakuru Rural,Sakleshpur,Channapatna,Athani,Afzalpur,Babaleshwar,Ballari Rural,Kampli,Vijayanagar,Hirekeruru which the party had a sure bet of winning failed to win.
But surprisingly in many other constituencies where the party was not so serious about a win it emerged victorious.So under such changed circumstances the party’s top brass is said to have decided to handover the entire responsibility of the party organization to BS Yeddyurappa.
Hindusthan Samachar/Manohar Yadavatti
