#Karnataka Political News

[nidarchhattisgarh]

Karnataka Election : नफरत हारी, लेकिन अभी मोहब्बत की जीत बाकी

Karnataka Election : नफरत हारी, लेकिन अभी मोहब्बत की जीत बाकी Nidar Chhattisgarh :- राजनीति में कौन से बड़ा क्या और क्यों का सवाल होता है। कर्नाटक के चुनाव परिणाम के बाद से मीडिया कौन जीता कौन हारा के सवाल में व्यस्त है। जो दरबारी मीडिया कल तक नरेंद्र मोदी को तुरुप का इक्का बता रहा था, वह अब इस हार के दंश से प्रधानमंत्री को बचाने और इसका ठीकरा पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री बोम्मई और स्थानीय भाजपा नेताओं प��…

[computerjagat]

Rahul Gandhi Mizoram visit: राहुल गांधी आज चुनावी राज्य मिजोरम का दौरा शुरू कर सकते हैं

कांग्रेस नेता राहुल गांधी आज पूर्वोत्तर राज्य मिजोरम का दौरा शुरू कर सकते हैं. मिजोरम की अपनी तीन दिवसीय यात्रा के दौरान वह चुनावी राज्य में चुनाव प्रचार अभियान में तेजी लाएंगे. राहुल गांधी के नेतृत्व में कांग्रेस पार्टी का भारत जोड़ो अभियान काफी सफल माना जा रहा है. कांग्रेस पार्टी के नेताओं का मानना है कि उनकी इस यात्रा का लाभ हाल में कर्नाटक विधानसभा चुनाव में सामने मिला. कांग्रेस पार्टी को इस…

[werindialive]

Congress must be willing to sacrifice in West Bengal, says Trinamool Chief Mamta Banerjee

The Congress Party has registered a great win in Karnataka and it is now the CM of West Bengal, Mamta Banerjee who has expressed her wish to support the Congress Party provided they agree to let go of their aspirations in the state of West Bengal and support Trinamool Congress.

The comment from the Trinamool Chief came as a surprise as to date, she maintained a distance from the national party and always talked about the ‘unity and strength’ of the regional parties in West Bengal to counter the BJP party in the coming 2024 elections.

“Wherever the Congress is strong in their respective 200 seats what we have calculated, let them fight, we will support them. But they have to support other political parties as well. If I support you in Karnataka but you fight against me in Bengal that should not be the policy. If you want to achieve something good, then you have to sacrifice in certain areas,” Banerjee said during a press conference.

She further explained the 1:1 formula and said that the Congress Party must be willing to sacrifice in areas where the regional parties are strong and politically dominant.

“Whoever is strong in some places and regions, they should fight together [not against each other]. Suppose Bengal, so we should fight Bengal, Suppose Delhi so AAP [Aam Aadmi Party] should fight Delhi. In Bihar, Nitish Ji [Kumar] and Tejashwi ji [Yadav] and the Congress also should decide their formula,” she added.

She also said that the Karnataka assembly election results have made it clear that wherever the regional parties are strong, the BJP party cannot make any difference.

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[rebel-bulletin]

कर्नाटकात भाजप पिछाडीवर; पराभवाची 6 महत्वपूर्ण कारणं, वाचा सविस्तर…

बंगळुरू : कर्���ाटक निवडणुकीची आज मतमोजणी होतेय. यात काँग्रेसने सकाळपासूनच आपली आघाडी कायम ठेवली आहे. भाजप पिछाडीवर आहे. काँग्रेस 129 जागांवर आघाडीवर आहे. तर भाजप 66 जागांवर आघाडीवर आहे. जेडीएस 21 वर पुढे आहे. तर अपक्ष आणि इतर 7 जागांवर आघाडीवर आहेत. काँग्रेस आघाडीवर असल्याने काँग्रेसला बहुमताचा आकडा पार केलेला आहे. अशात सत्तेत असणारं भाजप मागे का पडलं? भाजपच्या पराभवाची कारणं काय? याची चर्चा…

[worldinyourpalm]

कर्नाटक ने विधानसभा चुनाव में मुस्लिम प्रायर कोटे का 4% खत्म किया | Karnataka removes the 4% Muslim pre-election quota;

Source: akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com

कर्नाटक विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले गेम चेंजर क्या हो सकता है

लिंगायतों, वोक्कालिगाओं के बीच समान रूप से वितरित अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय के लिए आरक्षण; आर्थिक रूप से पिछड़े मुसलमानों को 10% ईडब्ल्यूएस पूल में प्रतिस्पर्धा करनी होगी, बोम्मई ने घोषणा की।

इस साल अप्रैल-मई में होने वाले कर्नाटक विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले गेम चेंजर क्या हो सकता है, सत्तारूढ़ भारतीय जनता पार्टी (बीजेपी) सरकार ने अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग के 2बी के तहत कर्नाटक में मुसलमानों को दिए गए 4% आरक्षण को खत्म कर दिया है ( ओबीसी) श्रेणी और इसे दो प्रमुख समुदायों - वीरशैव-लिंगायत और वोक्कालिगा - को नौकरियों और शैक्षणिक संस्थानों में प्रवेश में प्रत्येक में 2% पर वितरित किया।

राज्य मंत्रिमंडल के फैसले के साथ, वोक्कालिगा और वीरशैव-लिंगायतों के लिए पिछड़े वर्गों के बीच 2सी और 2डी की नव-निर्मित श्रेणियों के तहत कोटा क्रमशः 4% से 6% और 5% से 7% तक बढ़ गया है।

शुक्रवार को कैबिनेट की बैठक की अध्यक्षता करने वाले मुख्यमंत्री बसवराज ब��म्मई ने कहा कि आर्थिक रूप से पिछड़े मुसलमानों को अब आर्थिक रूप से कमजोर वर्ग (ईडब्ल्यूएस) कोटा के तहत बनाए गए 10% पूल में प्रतिस्पर्धा करनी होगी.......

[fatehbaz]

The use of English shorthand and typewriters expanded towards the end of the 19th century in clerical work in the major cities of the subcontinent. The use of shorthand in Indian languages, however, developed not in the context of office work but to meet the requirements of the new public sphere, particularly the quick notation of public speeches for reporting in newspapers. This led to the invention of new speed scripts, atitvarene lihiṇyāchī paddhatī (very speedy writing) or laghulekhan (shorthand) in Marathi, which relied heavily on Pitman and Munson’s English shorthand. Arguably the first use was in 1874 by RB Gunjikar [...]. Gajananbhau Vaijya, an English shorthand writer and reporter with the Indian Statesman, invented another speed script expressly for the quick notation of speeches [...]. Notably, Indian-language shorthand remained in the sphere of handwriting, as typewriters for non-Latin scripts did not become widespread in the subcontinent until the mid 20th century. [...]

[I]t is actually Bhujangrao Mankar, inventor of a third shorthand script with the book Laghulekhankalā (1897), who announced himself on the title page as the creator of Marathi and Gujarati shorthand. Mankar was a well-known English shorthand reporter for the press and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Bombay for all manner of political meetings in the early 20th century. [...]

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As Bernard Bate noted, Tamil shorthand came into its own when the colonial government attempted to acquire written transcripts of possibly seditious speeches during the Swadeshi movement.

In Bombay, too, shorthand found widespread application in CID surveillance with the growth in nationalist meetings and activity in the 1920s. Sub-inspectors could learn Marathi shorthand as an optional subject in the Central Police Training School; the usual practice was to pass a test in the office and regularly test for speed.

In the trial of the Ali brothers in Karachi following the Khilafat movement, speeches by Mohamed Ali and Shaukat Ali were entered as evidence of their seditious activity.

Similarly, charges against Communist leaders SA Dange, RS Nimbkar, and others in the Meerut conspiracy case (1929–33) were also based on their public speeches.

The cross-examination of witnesses turned on the accuracy of the transcripts and the methods used to obtain them and provides a rich window into the work of memory, notation, and translation involved in producing a speedy verbatim transcript of a public speech, and the issues of legibility, authenticity, and transparency that linked scribe, script, and language to state surveillance.

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Police reporters usually translated the shorthand transcripts of speeches in various languages into English longhand as soon as possible. In Karachi the Ali brothers’ Urdu speeches were recorded in Urdu shorthand. In Belgaum in June 1921, however, sub-inspectors of the Pune CID took down their Urdu and English speeches in Marathi shorthand. During a meeting in Bagalkot, also in northern Karnataka, Shaukat Ali’s speech in Urdu was orally translated sentence by sentence into Kannada as he spoke [...]. There was thus much processing of sound, meaning, and sign across languages, scripts, memories, and individuals, all at high speed. [...] The inspector [...] Deshpande mentioned a critical aspect of Pitman-based shorthand writing: since the signs matched specific sounds, he did not pay much attention to the content of the speech; he just noted down the sounds as best he could, even if he didn’t know the meanings of words. Gaps between sounds and meaning, it would appear, were filled in either during transcription through memory recall or by the CID itself. [...] These practices of notation, translation, and judicial discourse grappled with a spectrum of textual reproduction of oral utterances, from gist to verbatim.

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Text by: Prachi Deshpande. Scripts of Power: Writing, Language Practices, and Cultural History in Western India. 2023. [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me.]

[nidarchhattisgarh]

कर्नाटक में हार के साथ शुरू हो सकता है दक्षिण भारत से BJP के निकलने का सिलसिला, तय करेगा 2024 का रोडमैप

कर्नाटक में हार के साथ शुरू हो सकता है दक्षिण भारत से BJP के निकलने का सिलसिला, तय करेगा 2024 का रोडमैप आलेख :- योगेन्द्र यादव यह सिर्फ कर्नाटक के बारे में नहीं है. राज्य में राजनीतिक मुकाबला हमारे गणतंत्र को फिर से प्राप्त करने की लड़ाई की दिशा और दशा तय करेगा। NCG News desk Durg :- आगामी 10 मई को कर्नाटक में विधानसभा के चुनाव होंगे लेकिन इस सूचना में खास क्या है? यह एक आधिकारिक घोषणा है, इससे…

[kuch-toh-garbad-hai-daya]

Indian Elections (Part 2)

Part 2 of the result and campaign opinions is here!

I know I said that Rajasthan was Congress's biggest comeback, well I take it back because INDIA alliance won in Maharashtra with Congress getting 13 seats, Shiv Sena (og one) with 9 and NCP (again, og one) with 8. With BJP getting 9 seats, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde one) and NCP (new one) getting 7 and 1 seats respectively, NDA lost 28 of its seats. And honestly, what a banger. Sharad Pawar probably deserves credit for this, that man is a shrewd politician. Also, the Congressi responsible for campaigning in Maharashtra also deserves credit, because Congress performed well and beyond the expectations here.

Tamil Nadu my beloved. Major INDIA sweep! DMK (22) and Congress (9) while BJP remained on the zero mark. As expected of the Tamil public. Everyone say thank you to DMK's campaign and BJP's incompetency to get the Tamilians on their side.

Chhattisgarh is an almost BJP sweep, with BJP getting 10 and Congress getting 1. Expected for Congress, given the Vidhaan Sabha results last year.

Another almost BJP (25) sweep is Gujarat, again, as expected. It is, after all BJP's garh, as my mother calls it. Very heavy campaign that paid off for BJP. Hats off to the Congressi who won 1 seat, probably worked very hard on his own.

Things get tricky in Karnataka, where BJP won with 17 seats and Congress got 9. Again, not much familiar with Karnataka politics, but BJP did lose 8 of its seats, so I guess a part of the public is losing trust in the government but it's not a majority yet. A Rajasthan like situation.

TDP shines in Andhra Pradesh with 16 seats, BJP with 4. Congress remained on its zero mark. Chandrababu Naidu come to the INDIA bloc you can be deputy PM

Congress (14), Muslim League (2) and CPIM (1) lead INDIA alliance to an almost sweep in Kerala, BJP getting 1 seat. I'm so glad that Shashi Tharoor won from Thiruvananthapuram, he is a delight to watch.

Things are perfectly balanced as all things should be in Telangana, with both Congress and BJP winning 8 seats each. I guess the public has major divide on issues and opinions.

That's it for this part, I thought this will be done in 2 parts, but guess not.

[computerjagat]

Guarantee Of Loot: बीजेपी अध्यक्ष नड्डा बोले- कांग्रेस केवल लूट की गारंटी दे सकती है

भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) के अध्यक्ष जे पी नड्डा ने सोमवार को दावा किया कि विपक्षी दल केवल ‘लूट की गारंटी’ दे सकता है. उन्होंने कांग्रेस पर आरोप लगाया कि वह भ्रष्टाचार के जरिए धन एकत्र करने की खातिर कर्नाटक को ‘एटीएम’ में बदल रही है ताकि अपने चुनाव प्रचार के पैसे जुटा सके. नड्डा ने कर्नाटक में विभिन्न जांच एजेंसी की छापेमारी में कुछ ठेकेदारों के पास से 100 करोड़ रुपये से अधिक राशि कथित रूप से…

[werindialive]

"Yes, both (BJP and the Congress) have tried reaching out to us,” confirms JD(s) party senior official

After the majority of exit polls predicted a hung assembly in Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular on Thursday stated that they have started feeling signs of need from the Congress and Bhartiya Janta Party. Even though Mr Kumaraswamy is in Singapore, the senior official of the party had cleared that the decision has been taken for whom we should partner.

senior JD(S) leader Tanveer Ahmed during an exclusive interview with a leading news channel said, "The decision is done. It's taken. We will announce it to the public when it is the right time to."

On the other front, the Bhartiya Janta Party has cleared that it has not reached JD(S) and continued to exude confidence about a clear mandate.

BJP's Shobha Karandlaje was also a part of the interview during which she said, "no question of coalition at all, the BJP has not contacted the JD(S)".

"We are sure to get 120 seats. After gathering information on ground from our karyakartas yesterday, we have arrived at a number -- 120," she added.

When questioned about BJP denying the fact, JD(S) stated that the party has indeed reached out for forming a joint government.

"Yes, both (BJP and the Congress) have tried reaching out to us... The JD(S) is in such a position today that parties would like to reach out to us," said Tanveer Ahmed.

"The people of Karnataka wants us to keep check on both national parties for the betterment of the state. And I don't think there's any reason why a regional party wouldn't want to work for the development of Karnataka," he added.

when asked about their choice of party to partner with, Tanveer said, "The people who are going to work for the betterment of Karnataka and Kannadigas".

Answering a question about the number of seats the party has won, Tanveer said, "Nobody can form a government without us. That's a good number, I think. We could not match the resources of the national parties in terms of money, might, muscle. We were a weak party. But we know we performed enough to be a part of the government".

The JD(S) chief is in Singapore undergoing treatment for his bad health. he took the reign of the party after party patriarch HD Deve Gowda.

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[anhxdonia]

MAHARTH PRASAD CHANDRASEKHAR. “ i must know. ”

[ SENDHIL RAMAMURTHY, 50, CIS MAN, HE/HIM ] Welcome to Antioch, MAHARTH PRASAD CHANDRASEKHAR ! Local sources report that you’ve been in town for 2 WEEKS and are known to be CHARMING yet EVASIVE. Others have dredged up rumors that you’re involved in THE VAMPIRE OF ANTIOCH as a SUSPECT, but most know you for your work as the new PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS at ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY.

Character Name. Danish Maharth Prasad Chandrasekhar / ದಾನೀಶ ಮಹಾರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ್ Nickname(s). Danu, Som, Maha Face Claim. Sendhil Ramamurthy   Birthday.  October 27, 1974 Place of birth. Mysuru, Karnataka State, India Sexuality. Fluid Zodiac. Scorpio (Western), Tula/Libra (Vedic), Mīna (Rasi), Purva-Bhadrapada (Nakshatra) MBTI.  ESTP-A Moral Alignment. True Neutral Occupation. Professor of Comparative Religions, Adjunct Lecturer on Social Anthropology and Folklore Place of work. Antioch University Subplot affiliation. The Vampire of Antioch  3 positive traits. Affable, Passionate, Social 3 negative traits. Inquisitive, Distractable, Mercurial  Languages. Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, and English in his everyday life. Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic, and Koine Greek for academic studies. Love language. Expressing — gift-giving, words of affirmation; Receiving — physical touch, words of affirmation

BIOGRAPHY.

! TW: death, religious intolerance, political assassination, references to violence, discrimination.

The fifth child and youngest son of a prominent Mysuru politician and cabinet member, he was born Danish Prasad Chandrasekhar—a proud expression of his Kannadiga and Tamil heritage and his family's Muslim upbringing. Days were filled with the scent of old, well-loved books and fine tea, a quiet peace shared by the big family. The Chandrasekhars were well-off, surrounded by art and culture. They had everything, no, more than everything they needed and never looked outward. Therefore, they were, in essence, cut off from the world around them. Foolishly, Danish believed their way of living would be eternal.

Therefore, the Chandrasekhars never noticed the warning signs. Figuratively spritzed perfume over the smoke that came in the form of angry letters stuffed in mailboxes. And on a hot night in April, when Danish was away at a youth camp, his family and home were all lost to a raging fire set by a fringe group of dissidents following a contested election. Days after the tragedy, the six-year-old was taken in by an aunt on his mother's side. She was a Classics professor at Bangalore University and a practicing Hindu, and she legally changed his name to Maharth in her misguided idea of 'protection.'

Confused about the warring wills of his beloved nation and nursing a trauma he could not understand as a child, Maharth grew up in a religious household but socially became secular as he delved into learning about the various belief systems around him. He'd been gifted as a child, not only in learning languages but also in the connections of his birth, and his acceptance into the University of Oxford was all but guaranteed.

Maharth was a definite scholar, embracing academia with a matchless love that his peers, many talented beyond their years but still impetuous with youth, couldn't understand. Stranger still was Maharth's proclivities. Upon achieving his Master's in Comparative Theology at Oxford and bearing the unofficial title of an academic darling of the presses bearing the acclaimed name of his education, the newly minted professor chose fellowships in schools far from the eyes of the elite. Maybe he'd give a lecture at York or a semester at Harvard, but Maharth was more than content with setting up an office in the backwoods of America one day and the steppes of Siberia the next.

As years passed, Professor Chandrasekhar's disappearances and reappearances became part of his mystery, an appealing asterisk on the famous educator's magnetic persona. So no eyebrows were raised, and questions caught at the helm of one's throat when the eccentric intelligentsia took up a residency at Antioch University in southern Oregon. A man as odd as Maharth would be a perfect fit with a place as infamously strange as Antioch, they thought, oblivious to how correct they'd be in their assumptions.

& THE VAMPIRE OF ANTIOCH.

The victims of the case have been past and present students of Maharth's classes. This information is not public knowledge.

MISC. HEADCANONS.

enjoys fine teas and has shipped in his personal cupboard filled with porcelain teacups and mugs, has a sweet tooth but only indulges on thursdays, is a vegetarian and a half-decent cook but opts for leftovers, currently resides in a short-term rental villa at verdant hills thanks to a generous friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend-slash-benefactor, annotates all of his books with pen (and thus can never donate them to a library or give them away), and checks his astrology readings weekly.

WANTED CONNECTION. ( ASSAM. ) ANTAGONISTIC/ROMANTIC.

VIBES: Hannibal-lite, cat-and-mouse games, visitations without a warrant, pet names uttered between sips of tea.

[ Though Maharth is the supposed newcomer in town, he has a surprising wealth of knowledge about Antioch, specifically the case of the Vampire of Antioch. Though on the surface, there doesn't seem to be a connection between the professor and the case victims, upon closer inspection, there's something that doesn't add up... your muse decides to investigate — blatantly? covertly? — and Maharth is very willing to cooperate. After all, the pursuit of knowledge is key to one's self-discovery and enlightenment. ]

MID 40s+, catered to anyone interested in the vampire of antioch case. the romance angle is up to chemistry, but the underlying antagonism is the bedrock of this dynamic! — (2/2)

KANG KAI SOO; @kcngkai

ELINAM IKHLAS MANSARAY; @c1andest1ne

WANTED CONNECTION. ( DARJEELING. ) PLATONIC/MENTORSHIP.

VIBES: The Secret History, dark academia, midnight readings of sacred texts on the university lawns.

[ The new professor in town is making waves at Antioch University, with his classes reaching max capacity already in the first week of enrollment. His lectures are a hit with the youth, and some are even vying to be selected for the Professor's exclusive after-hour labs for hands-on, experiential learning. However, it is Maharth who ultimately decides, and whoever he accepts must meet some pre-requisites. ]

21+, students or auditors at Antioch University. — (0/4)

WANTED CONNECTION. ( KAHWAH. ) ANTAGONISTIC.

VIBES: The Departed (2006), sicko-to-sicko communication, laying dead flowers on the grave of your worstie, a chaste kiss on the side of a gun's barrel.

[ Whether it's a historical event or a chance encounter, both your muse and Maharth are aware of each other's secrets, which could shake up the town's status quo if revealed. However, the two are at a standstill since they are both firmly established in their roles, and their social circles only partially overlap. So even if they like to subtly hint at a revelation to the journalist or make a veiled threat, they know they won't get away with it without the other exacting swift vengeance. ]

35+, for anyone into wacky-zany toxicity of mutually assured destruction. — (0/1)

WANTED CONNECTION. ( NOON. ) FLIRTATIONSHIP.

VIBES: All of Us Strangers (2023), memories of the one who got away, finding fractions of the one in other people, tip-toeing dotted boundary lines.

[ It's said that "hurt people hurt hurt people," but can hurt people heal hurt people? Your muse and Maharth hit it off, and neither of them says why, though they know it reminds them of what love could've been. Part maladaptive coping mechanism and part feeling understood and seen for the first time, your muse and Maharth casually date and flirt, seeking escape and comfort with no strings attached. Although ignorance is bliss, and both are willfully ignorant, the town around them refuses to let them bury their heads in the sand. ]

MID 40s+, a doomed relationship considering what happens in this small town. — (1/1)

JOHN WEAVER; @godsunderfoot

WANTED CONNECTION. ( MASALA. ) PLATONIC/FAMILIAL.

VIBES: "wdyn uncle maharth is suspected of being a serial killer??? he got me tix to universal studios in orlando" :((((

[ Your muse has always known Uncle Maharth as a gregarious friend who spoiled you with gifts and praise. In town, Maharth is as friendly as ever, always there to listen to your troubles over sweets and tea. Your muse is aware of rumors going around, and while they doubt their veracity, it's hard to deny that Uncle Maharth is odd—weirder than what you remember as a child. Your muse starts to question if they truly know the man or if nostalgia is tinting their perception. ]

ANY AGE under 35, those who could be related to the Chandrasekhars, or have family in academia who are friends with Maharth. — (1/2?)

RESHIKA NIVANT DIVEKAR; @fatedghosts

PARALLELS & TROPES.

Hannibal (NBC Hannibal), Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview with a Vampire), Iago (Othello), Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown, yes I am for real), Ryuk (Death Note). Affably Evil, Soft Spoken Sadist, The Corruptor.

MEMES.

! TW: nsfw humor, mentions of blood

[ mun note: as someone who is not of kannadiga or tamil heritage, i have relied on information from online resources. if anyone from these communities has constructive criticism for my portrayal of this character, please let me know. i am always open to learning! please note that any portrayals of dark content are not reflective of endorsements of the author. thank you! ]

[worldinyourpalm]

कर्नाटक की लड़ाई में बीजेपी भी दलबदलुओं पर दांव लगा रही है | BJP is also counting on renegades in the Karnataka Fight;

Source: www.deccanherald.com

कर्नाटक चुनाव में भाजपा को कांग्रेस से कड़ी चुनौती

आगामी कर्नाटक चुनाव में भाजपा को कांग्रेस से कड़ी चुनौती का सामना करना पड़ रहा है, लेकिन वह प्रतिद्वंद्वियों से पार्टी में हाल ही में प्रवेश करने वालों पर भरोसा करके अपने लिए समर्थन हासिल करने की भी कोशिश कर रही है।

जबकि चुनाव के मेटा नैरेटिव प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की अपील, बसवराज बोम्मई सरकार के रिकॉर्ड और महत्वपूर्ण लिंगायत वोटों को लुभाने के इर्द-गिर्द घूमते हैं, कुछ माइक्रो नैरेटिव उन नेताओं के इर्द-गिर्द घूमते हैं जो हाल तक पार्टी के लिए बाहरी थे।

कर्नाटक में ओल्ड मैसूर क्षेत्र को राज्य में वोक्कालिगा बेल्ट माना जाता है, जहां पारंपरिक रूप से मुकाबला कांग्रेस और जनता दल (एस) के बीच रहा है। दिवंगत फिल्म स्टार और कांग्रेस सांसद अंबरीश की पत्नी निर्दलीय सांसद सुमलता अंबरीश को 2019 के चुनाव में भाजपा से समर्थन मिला था, और वह विजयी रही थीं।

सुश्री अंबरीश वोक्कालिगा समुदाय से हैं और लोकप्रिय हैं। भाजपा की इच्छा थी कि विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले वह पार्टी में शामिल हो जाएं। ऐसा नहीं हुआ, लेकिन सुश्री अंबरीश ने कहा कि वह क्षेत्र में भाजपा के प्रयासों का समर्थन करेंगी। वरिष्ठ सूत्रों के मुताबिक, बीजेपी को उम्मीद है कि उनके समर्थन का इलाके की कम से कम तीन या चार सीटों पर असर हो सकता है।

2018 के विधानसभा चुनाव में भाजपा

बेंगलुरु में 28 सीटें हैं और 2018 के विधानसभा चुनाव में भाजपा ने 12 सीटें जीती थीं। 2019 में, बड़े पैमाने पर दलबदल (17 विधायक) कांग्रेस और जद (एस) के रैंकों से भाजपा में हुए। जबकि विधायक अयोग्य घोषित किए गए थे, उनमें से अधिकांश ने भाजपा के टिकट पर चुनाव लड़ा और अपनी सीटें जीतने में सफल रहे। अकेले बेंगलुरु में, कांग्रेस के चार विधायक और जद (एस) का एक विधायक भाजपा में शामिल हो गए, उन्होंने अपनी सीटें जीत लीं और भाजपा को 28 में से 16 सीटों पर ले गए। विधायक एसटी सोमशेखर, बैरथी बसवराज, मुनिरत्ना, के. गोपालैया और एमटीबी नागराज (जो उपचुनाव हार गए लेकिन एमएलसी बनाए गए) अभी भी भ��जपा के साथ हैं और पार्टी को उम्मीद है कि वे शहर में अपनी पकड़ बनाए रखने में मदद करेंगे। एक सूत्र ने कहा, 'बेंगलुरु सीटों का एक बड़ा हिस्सा है और अगर हम अपनी पकड़ बनाए रखने में कामयाब होते हैं, तो यह निश्चित रूप से मदद करता है।'

बेलागवी प्रतियोगिता

बेलागवी जिला महत्वपूर्ण है क्योंकि इसमें 18 विधानसभा सीटें हैं और लिंगायतों की महत्वपूर्ण उपस्थिति है। यहां की लड़ाई को जो दिलचस्प बनाता है वह यह है कि यहां लिंगायत समुदाय से समर्थन प्राप्त करने वाली भाजपा अनुसूचित जनजाति के वाल्मीकि नायक समुदाय के एक पूर्व कांग्रेसी रमेश जरकिहोली को प्रोजेक्ट कर रही है। वह लिंगायत समुदाय के बीच बिल्कुल लोकप्रिय नहीं हैं। हालांकि इलाके में उनका काफी दबदबा है, लेकिन बीजेपी के स्थानीय नेताओं ने उनके खिलाफ पार्टी आलाकमान से शिकायत की है।

लिंगायत समुदाय से संबंधित विधायक लक्ष्मी हेब्बलकर के साथ श्री जारकीहोली के लंबे समय से चल रहे झगड़े ने भाजपा की स्थानीय इकाई के साथ उनके मामले में मदद नहीं की है। शिक्षा मंत्री धर्मेंद्र प्रधान, कर्नाटक में चुनाव के लिए भाजपा प्रभारी, ने पार्टी नेताओं को धैर्यपूर्वक सुना, लेकिन, महत्वपूर्ण रूप से, श्री जरकीहोली पर लगाम लगाने के लिए कोई कार्रवाई नहीं की। स्पष्ट रूप से, पार्टी को उम्मीद है कि भाजपा में पुराने नेता अनुशासन से चिपके रहेंगे और श्री जरकीहोली बेलगावी में पार्टी की किस्मत को बचा सकते.....

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Ever since Karnataka’s election results were announced, the discourse on freebies ruining the economy and making the poor ‘lazy’ has again taken centre stage. News channels have been speculating on how many thousands of crores it will take for the Congress government to fulfil its five poll promises, portraying them as a massive burden on the state economy. On social media, the usual disenchantment over “taxpayer money” being misused on “freebies” has only gotten shriller. With freebies and taxpayer money becoming the favourite buzzwords for the privileged, who indulge in political commentary as a recreational hobby, it is important to unpack them and call out the problematic nature of this narrative.

Rakshith Ponnathpur, ‘The rich, the rest and freebies: Unpacking a problematic narrative’, Deccan Herald