Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Lessons for BJP Government in Karnataka from current election results

Congress Party had done a clean sweep in 3 state assembly elections and had also eaten into last year seats of BJP in the remaining two states where BJP won. I think BJP has to learn a lesson here. In the states where Congress has won, there is little amount of people who are directly affected by terror. When there is sufficient amount of development including the elimentary needs of people taken care of, only then one can think of projecting bigger issues. Sheela Dixit had done an excellent job in developing Delhi to a world class city. NCR region has been developed to the best standards. These are the visible facts that people would look at. In Karnataka, ever since BJP government had come into power, the first 6 months were gone in securing more MLAs into BJP to ensure the government does not topple. I guess, now its time for the party to rake in some moolah that was spent. There is very little progress on infrastructure front in Bangalore city. New infra projects are kicked off, but progress is very slow. BJP clearly undestands that they have won this time in Karnataka purely due to the sympathy they carried from JD(S) power sharing crisis. If the party does not show good development in the state, I am sure it will not even get half the number of seats in next elections.