B.J.P. Hails big Victory in Karnataka.

B.J.P. Hails big Victory in Karnataka.

B.J.P. as expected hails big victory in Karnataka. The people of Karnataka voted for a clean rule, which BJP always having with its other states. We are herewith giving the news as published in the Chennai News Paper’s.

The Triumph Will Prove To Be A Turning Point: Advani

New Delhi: Its maiden victory across the Vindhyas comes as a huge morale booster for BJP barely months away from the Lok Sabha elections and is sure to gear up its rank and file for the next round of crucial assembly polls — in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh — coming up by the end of the year. While Sunday’s outcome has finally, as its Karnataka campaign manager Arun Jaitley pointed out, helped the BJP shake off the tag of a Hindi party, it is hoping for tangible spinoffs ahead of the next Lok Sabha polls. The party is viewing the majority in Karnataka — where it was mostly engaged in a direct fight with Congress, its chief rival for the Centre — as a warm up session to the fast approaching Lok Sabha battle. The buoyant mood was evident from L K Advani’s declaration, “The triumph in Karnataka will prove to be a turning point.” A jubiliant Leader of Opposition predicted that 2008 was going to be a “year of change.” BJP’s campaign managers feel that the first trophy in the South was facilitated by a whole host of factors from a very effective campaign to the pause in feuding between B S Yediyurappa and former union minister Ananth Kumar for which Advani and others had to work hard.

But what seems to be giving the party more comfort is that Karnataka has proved the potency of the armoury it plans to use in the Lok Sabha polls. The results are attributed to the way the saffron campaign capitalised on the unease over inflation, internal security and the farm sector distress — precisely the set of issues that the party has planned to use in the encounter for who gets to control the Centre.

But as the party gloats over the breakthrough in its decade-old effort to build upon the toehold it so far had in the South, many of its leaders seem to recognise the risk of complacency seeping in among colleagues known for their penchant for premature celebrations. The risk can be serious because the battle with Congress now shifts to the BJP-ruled states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Congress’s victory in the three states will reverse the momentum the saffron outfit appears to have gained because of the Karnataka outcome. It will also dwarf a possible win for BJP in Congress ruled Delhi, making Sonia Gandhi appear the favourite. As of now, however, BJP’s assertive showing in Karnataka can also help it hook potential NDA allies and acquire the upper hand in its dealings with the existing partners.

Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, which also gained some new energy from the recent panchayat polls in West Bengal, has been playing tough to get. Even JD(U), which had been haggling for seats with BJP in Karnataka and finally ended up putting candidates against its ally in some seats, has been playing truant now and then.

We congratulate former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa and his colleagues and other party workers for their tireless effort in bringing Victory to Bharatiya Janatha Party.