Amit Shah shares 'magic formula' to win all 28 Karnataka Lok Sabha seats with Ally JD(S)
The BJP's Mysuru cluster consists of Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha segments.
Amit Shah's magic formula: With 28 Lok Sabha seats, Karnataka is a crucial state when it comes to reaching the majority mark of 272 and above. In this regard, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has given the BJP leaders a 'winning formula' to ensure that the BJP and its ally the JD(S) win all 28 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha -elections. Amit Shah's magic formula is: “convert Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity into votes”. This was conveyed by Karnataka BJP unit president BY Vijayendra on Sunday.
BY Vijayendra spoke to reporters after the Home Minister met members of the state BJP core committee and leaders of the party's Mysuru cluster in Mysuru. He also said that there was no discussion on the selection of candidates and the terms of sharing seats with the JD(S) would be decided by the top leadership of both parties.
The BJP's Mysuru cluster consists of Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha segments.
“Amit Shah's visit to Mysuru was successful. He said the situation in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is favorable for the NDA to win all 28 seats in Karnataka. He made suggestions regarding our action plan to convert Narendra Modi's popularity into votes and said efforts should be made to increase the votes in each booth by 10 percent,” Vijayendra said, adding that all leaders who attended today's rallies are confident that if Shah's plan If the move is effectively implemented at booth level, the BJP and JD(S) can win all the Lok Sabha seats in the state.
“We have also assured him (Shah) that we will work unitedly according to his directives,” he said.
The BJP had won 26 of Karnataka's total 28 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, including from Sumalatha Ambareesh, an independent backed by the Mandya-based party. The Congress and the JD(S) won one seat each as the two were in an alliance at that time.
Replying to a question on the seat-sharing between the BJP and the JD(S), Vijayendra said, “It will be discussed by the party's state leaders and the leadership of both parties at the Delhi level. There have been no discussions about it today. However, Shah has given the message that everyone must work together, regardless of who the candidate is.”
He stated that Shah has made suggestions on formulating an action plan and said the same cannot be shared with the media. “By implementing his suggestions, we will show results,” he said.
(With PTI inputs)