“‘Not about Hijab or Halal. Our own State Govt did not…’: RSS cadre on BJP performance in coastal K’taka”, News 18, May 19, 2023:
“Around a week since the Karnataka election results, distinctly different scenes are playing out in the Congress and the BJP. The former is trying to analyse the political ramifications of making Siddaramaiah the Chief Minister, while RSS-BJP seniors are busy dissecting how the Hindutva plank failed in the coastal Karnataka region.
Despite the smooth working equation between BL Santosh, the general secretary of the BJP, and Dattatreya Hosabale, the general secretary of the RSS — both from the Sangh pedigree and the region of Mysore – the saffron party’s overall vote-share in coastal Karnataka almost halved in many seats. The number of seats also took a plunge as the BJP’s tally of 17 seats in 2018 went gone down to 13 seats this time. The coastal belt of Karnataka includes three districts and has 19 Assembly seats across the region.
Of the 19 Assembly seats in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts, the BJP lost two seats in Uttara Kannada and one in Dakshina Kannada. According to News18’s analysis of the vote-share, the BJP has gone down by at least 20% to 40% in vote share even in the seats it won…..”
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