A meeting of BJP MLAs elected to the 16th Assembly convened by state BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel took place in Bengaluru.
Published Jun 09, 2023 | 1:05 PM ⚊ Updated Jun 09, 2023 | 1:05 PM
Meeting of elected BJP MLAs. (BJP Karnataka/ Twitter)
The “internal injury” caused by the internal reservation, people voting for Congress believing in its poll guarantees, a negative narrative setting in against the BJP because of its failure to effectively counter certain issues — all these led to its defeat in the recent Assembly polls in Karnataka, according to party MLAs.
A meeting of BJP MLAs elected to the 16th Assembly convened by state BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel in Bengaluru also decided to take the achievements of nine years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to every house and to work towards ensuring a 100 percent win for the party in all 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
BJP had won 25 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka in 2019. The Parliamentary election is due less than a year.
“Along with introducing 22 legislators who have been elected for the first time, the meeting tried to instil confidence among the legislators to work as a constructive Opposition by extending all necessary cooperation to the new government to serve the people of the state,” BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi said.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting in Thursday, 8 June, he said, “If the government indulges in anti-people activities, if it takes decisions that are detrimental to the state with a hidden agenda, it was decided at the meeting to fight against it both inside and outside the legislature.”
Former chief ministers BS Yediyurappa, Basavaraj Bommai and Sadananda Gowda, national general secretary in charge of Karnataka Arun Singh, among other senior leaders, attended the meeting.
Stating that the meeting also analysed the political situation in the state, the party general secretary said that no ruling party has won a second consecutive term in Karnataka since 1985.
ಇಂದು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ನಡೆದ ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಫರ್ಧಿಸಿದ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸಭೆ ನಡೆಯಿತು.
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“There seems to be a natural trend that has set in Karnataka in the last four decades to change the government once in five years. Despite that we have won 36 percent votes, we have got a similar vote share as that of 2018, but we lagged in gaining seats,” he said.
Ravi said, “Along with internal injury caused by the internal reservation and people voting for Congress believing in its guarantees, a negative narrative setting in because of BJP’s failure in effectively countering certain issues, led to his party’s defeat, was the general opinion expressed in today’s meeting.”
The BJP will not lose heart with the results and will certainly bounce back as it has done in the past, he said.
“Our role might have changed from ruling party to Opposition, but our commitment towards serving the society has not changed and the party will continue to work in that direction,” he said.
Regarding who will be the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly and also in the Council, Ravi said general secretary Arun Singh is gathering the opinion of the legislators.
Based on it and in consultation with the party leadership, a decision will be taken at the earliest, he added.
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