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BJP
major winner in Karnataka district polls
Tuesday January 04, 2011 06:40:04 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore: Karnataka's
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday emerged as a major
winner in polls to the local governing councils but it suffered
setbacks in the home turf of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and
the powerful Reddy brothers.
Of the 30 zila (district) panchayats, the BJP bagged 12, Congress
and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) four each while in the remaining 10
it was a split verdict.
Of the 176 taluka (sub-district) panchayats, the BJP won 68,
Congress 31 and JD-S 29 while no party emerged a clear winner in
the remaining 48.
But for Yeddyurappa, whose continuance depends on the party's show
in these polls, it was a major setback as in his home district of
Shimoga, the BJP barely managed to win the zila panchayat, bagging
16 of the 31 seats and conceding 13 to the Congress and two to the
JD-S.
The Reddy brothers, who are mining barons and ministers, were in
for a shock as the BJP failed to get a majority in the 36-member
Bellary zila panchayat. The party won just 18 seats, with the
Congress taking 17 and the JD-S one.
Of the brothers, the younger one G. Janardhana Reddy is the
tourism minister and the elder G. Karunakara Reddy holds the
revenue portfolio. The Reddys face charges of illegal iron ore
mining and income tax evasion.
Yeddyurappa hailed his party's show, though it fell short of the
sweep that he and state BJP president K.S. Eshwarappa were
predicting. Both had been confidently saying that their party
would capture power in at least 20 of the 30 zila panchayats and
over 100 of the 176 taluka panchayats.
"I thank the voters for their optimum support to the BJP,"
Yeddyurappa, who led the party battling charges of nepotism in
prime land allotment to his kin in and around Bangalore, told
reporters.
"Earlier, the BJP was considered an urban-based party. These
results have shown that the BJP has a huge rural base," he said.
At a separate press meet, Eshwarappa said he was confident that
the BJP would be in power in 14 of the 30 zila panchayats, 12 on
its own and two with the help of Independents.
The Congress, though putting up a poor show compared to the 2005
zila panchayat and taluka panchayat polls when it was a clear
winner, hailed its performance in Bellary and Shimoga.
State unit president G. Parameshwara and central labour minister
Mallikharjun Kharge said the BJP's show in the two districts
considered its stronghold showed "people's anger over corruption
in the government".
Over 65 percent of the around 21 million voters, nearly half of
them women, cast their ballots in the elections to the 30 zila and
176 taluka panchayats Dec 26, Dec 31 and Jan 1.
The BJP, Congress and JD-S were locked in a three-way fight in a
majority of the 1,013 zila and 3,659 taluka panchayat seats.
These are the first elections to the local governing councils
after the BJP came to power in the state in May 2008.
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