The Bharathiya Janata Party met with a humiliating defeat in Karnataka bye-poll. Even the locally strong mining mafia could not bring victory in Bellary which is till now BJP stronghold.
Referring to this, AP CM Chandrababu Naidu says that it was arrogance and over confidence that caused the downfall of BJP in Karnataka. Nobody should behave like that since it would meet with the anger of people. In fact, the bye-poll results showed that the BJP suffered greater damage compared to the last assembly elections when Congress-JDS allies won Karnataka with comfortable majority.
CBN says that if any party becomes blind with pride, the voters would make sure that their eyes are opened to the ground reality.
TDP has been at war with BJP by giving instructions to party sympathisers in Karnataka to work against the BJP. It was one of the many reasons for the BJP falling short of majority to win last Karnataka assembly election. The presence of large numbers of Telugus in Bangalore has become a disadvantage for the BJP. There’s a feeling among Telugus that the Modi government has not set right injustice done to AP.
