With Meeting elections not far away, the BJP is concentrated on the Outdated Mysuru area, the place important electoral good points are seen to be essential for the social gathering to come back again to energy in Karnataka by itself.

For many years, the BJP has struggled to unfold its wings within the Vokkaliga community-dominated Outdated Mysuru area, with the properly entrenched JD(S) and Congress holding sway.

The area contains Ramanagara, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, Kolar, Tumakuru and Hassan districts.

JD(S) chief and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) D Ok Shivakumar belong to this group.

Among the many 58 Meeting seats in these districts, JD(S) represents 24, Congress 18 and BJP 15. BJP additionally has the backing of expelled BSP MLA N Mahesh, who represents Kollegal in Chamarajanagar district.

Within the Vokkaliga heartland of Mandya district, the JD(S) has six out of seven MLAs, three of 4 MLAs in Ramanagara and 6 of the seven seats in Hassan.

The JD(S) has 4 out of 11 seats in Mysuru, whereas the Congress has 4 and BJP three on this district.

The regional social gathering additionally has three seats in Tumakuru however the social gathering is cautious concerning the Gubbi MLA S R Srinivas who allegedly voted in favour of the BJP candidate through the Rajya Sabha elections in June final yr.

The BJP high brass has acknowledged that enhancing the electoral tally on this area is vital to regaining energy by itself steam.

The social gathering got here to energy in Karnataka 4 occasions and each time it emerged as the only largest social gathering however fell in need of the bulk mark.

Twice, the social gathering needed to allegedly resort to ‘Operation Lotus’ to woo disgruntled opposition members and type a majority authorities.

The BJP, nevertheless, put up a formidable present within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, profitable 25 of the 28 seats.

Shivakumar’s brother D Ok Suresh received from Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha constituency and JD(S) supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna emerged victorious in Hassan.

To BJP’s consolation, the social gathering backed impartial candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh received from Mandya constituency, which had at all times been a JD(S) citadel.

The actor-turned-politician Sumalatha who defeated Deve Gowda’s grandson and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, prolonged her ‘full assist’ to the BJP on March 11, a day forward of Prime Minister’s go to to Mandya to launch a slew of initiatives together with probably the most bold one – Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway.

The inauguration may have been achieved both in Mysuru or Bengaluru, however the Prime Minister opted for Mandya.

“The voters of Mandya hardly get carried away by emotional points,” a political analyst stated.

The JD(S) suffered a blow when the KR Pet MLA Ok C Narayana Gowda ditched the social gathering through the “Operation Lotus” in 2019 and was among the many MLAs who resigned from the Meeting, joined the BJP and efficiently contested the by-election on a BJP ticket and have become a minister.

With this, the BJP received its first legislator from the JD(S) citadel, Mandya. PTI GMS RS SS

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