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KARNATAKA ELECTIONS

BITTER

BATTLE

With some pre-poll surveys giving edge to the Congress party in the elections
to be held on May 10, the BJP’s campaign turns aggressive. What are the two parties

promising to the voters of “gateway to the south”?

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Bengaluru/New Delhi
A
pre-poll survey conducted by
the Kannada outlet Eedina
says that Congress appears
to be headed for a clear and com-
fortable majority, much beyond the
113-seat mark, in the forthcoming
Karnataka assembly elections. The
assembly elections will be held in a
single phase on May 10. Counting will
be done on May 13.
The survey predicted that Con-
gress will win 132-140 seats with a
vote share of 43%. And, this could
be Congress’s best performance in
the last three decades, it added. BJP
is predicted to win 57-65 seats, with a
vote share of 33%. For comparison,
BJP won 104 seats in the 2018 assem-
bly elections.
While other surveys have pre-
dicted different results, this one has
given a boost to the Congress party
leaders and cadres in the state. On
Thursday, Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi reached an ice cream parlor
in Mangalore late night along with
party general secretary KC Venugo-
pal and Karnataka Congress chief
DK Shivakumar.
As Gandhi reached a lot many
people thronged at the Pabbas parlor
to get a glimpse of him. Rahul inter- Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to supporters during a roadshow ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections in Bengaluru on Saturday (ANI)
acted with locals and after spend-
ing some time at the parlor he left. announced that as soon as the Con- government is formed, from the very ty with “40 per cent” corruption al-
Currently, Rahul Gandhi is in Kar- gress party comes to power in the first day, the women will get free bus legations. “While it was BJP’s job to
nataka and doing campaigns for the state, the women will be provided services,” said Rahul. take away 40 per cent money from
assembly elections. On Thursday, free bus services. “We had already He also attacked the Bharatiya the women of Karnataka, our job is
in a major poll promise while ad- made four promises. Now, I am add- Janata Party for “stealing” people’s to give back the state’s money to the
dressing a rally in Mangalore, Rahul ing one more promise to it. Once our mandate and took a jibe at the par- Continued on next page... >>

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