Why Karnataka’s 28 seats are critical, caste, region & prospects: Shekhar Gupta with DK Singh

[@ThePrintIndia]

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[@digiedu3588]

I m interested in ur journalism course how can I enroll plz reply

[@johnalexander4982]

Prajwal Revana is a fine addition to Modi Parivar.

[@adityapratapsharma5325]

pov ur watching ctc instead of studying for ur test

[@saayamsingh3620]

💀

[@mikhailcykablyatversky2323]

too real

[@theplutonimus]

We're the intellectual of the future !

[@thealienguy1951]

So true

[@Raunak-nz5uj]

areeh

[@AngryMaverick]

i hope INDIA wins and democracy wins, instead of communalism and autocracy.

[@AkshatJain_88]

Yes congress should increase reservations to 100%

[@vidt999]

Congress is biggest undemocratic party of india you joker.

[@savithakl7577]

@@AkshatJain_88 also give muslims using all OBC quota

[@vaibhav1069]

Congress is the biggest communal party. Modern day muslim league party

[@sushbist4]

Mr Shekhar, you call a guest on the show, and you do all the talking..Let the expert speak. This show was boring.

[@n______n26]

He's a print employee

[@URcristianoclips-t1f]

Stop being bitter unecessarily. Shekhar ji was made more sense in the talk and DK could not gather his thoughts coherently, he is knowledgable but not vocal, he is a good researcher not a good speaker.

[@Nirbhaunirvairr]

Thanks man. You saved me 30 mins. I won’t watch the video now. Off late Shekharji has lost the shine that I admired sometime ago. I had expected this kinda feedback from one of the viewers and I straight went in to comments to gain feedback on Prints journalism - so they called.

[@anon7641]

All Shekars videos are terribly borrrring! N full of lies! Same for all the trash from print!

[@Nostalgicholy]

Me too I'm out

[@prashanthkamath7437]

Vijayanagara and Bellari districts were one Bellari district. They were split later. This Bellari district was not a part of Nizam's domain. It was a part of Madras presidency.

[@PrabhanjanMangalgi]

Karnataka can be a reliable state for BJP just like Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. People are willing to accept it as a good alternative to the regional parties but BJP is ignoring the state like an arrogant gf/bf. Party infighting, ignoring good candidates, irregularities in ticket distribution etc are few of many problems plaguing the party in the state and also stopping them from getting complete majority ( BJP never got full majority unlike Congress). The high command of BJP doesn't seems to be interested in fixing the issues. Karnataka is the only state in south of India where BJP, the national party, is being accepted ( lok sabha seat tally since 2009 to 2019 is 19/18/26 respectively).

[@JustMe54328]

Local leaders are terrible in places, u see they took shobha who was taken to task and publicly shamed by Udupi-chikmaglur constituency n dumped her in Bengaluru north, why would I choose her over a Wharton educated, exIIM prof Rajeev Gowda, Bengaluru has no dearth of educated people, yet they chose to push shobha here, if they don’t care about our constituency, why should I care about them?

[@PrabhanjanMangalgi]

@@JustMe54328 exactly. But still, it seems like, the state unit was able to arm twist the centre in fielding her from other constituencies. The state unit has gone to the dogs and the centre has no interest in reviving it.

[@JustMe54328]

@@PrabhanjanMangalgi maybe, she dosent deserve to be an MP.

[@sankalp6872]

Priyank Kharge is leaving no stone unturned to ensure 28/28 for BJP in Karnataka. Interestingly, Karnataka is amongst the more reliable state for the BJP when it comes to Lok Sabha elections.

[@theplutonimus]

Are Bhai... This time BJP is facing a real challenge in Karnataka.... In all other parts Congress people are joining BJP... Only in Karnataka it is the opposite... Chamrajnagar is definitely going for Congress..... This time BJP will definitely lose 2-5 seats. This is the ground reality in Karnataka. We'll see on June 4th

[@theplutonimus]

Also BJP is facing rebellion everywhere.... Even KSE is contesting against BJP

[@IAmSaiM]

BJP already has 2 seats less than last time the won( because they are contesting only 24 seats and gave 4 seats to jds). Winning all 24 seats is a herculean task for BJP this time

[@theplutonimus]

@@IAmSaiM True

[@nihalt.j5624]

​@@IAmSaiM 3 seats, not 4.

[@akashvanige5705]

iam from bidar district,karnataka. BJP is clearly winning here and bhagwanth khuba is candidate from bjp.

[@sreeramoo1]

Tejaswi in his interview with Shekhar talked about the real issues of his constituency & the city at large, but he magically brings consulate out of his hat & belittles him even though it was a real good thing. On the contrary I don’t see him comment on how arrogant & aggressive A Raja gets within first few minutes of his interaction with this so called the great political analyst DK & he succumbs like a sheep. Shame on you both propagandists who hide behind your experience & mastery of words and masquerade as journalists.

[@libshastra]

D Raja knows he is protected by SC/ST act. That guy is a vile person. We may need to wait till 2029 to finish his career.

[@pichumanisankar2617]

Same with the anti sanathana Udayanidhi, shades of being anti Hindu😂

[@theplutonimus]

@@libshastra Yez

[@anuragtiwari2035]

​@@libshastrasir kya lgta h kitna seat aayega bjp led alliance ko

[@bloodwargaming3662]

Ro le . Tejaswi Surya ? You mean that scamster and communal piece of sh1t

[@narendrababu8999]

Poor Analysis needs more Home work

[@Kps123-j6t]

As a kannadiga (ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ) I vote Modi no matter what. The situation has dramatically changed after Neha Hiremath 's murder. Bjp will easily win 20+ seats and jds 2 seats..

[@bloodwargaming3662]

😂😂 , keep being delusional. Muslims and hindus are United on this issue tens of thousands of muslims took to the streets. You fkers are going to get whitewashed in karantaka​@@Kps123-j6t

[@ANILKUMAR.R]

@@Kps123-j6tನಿನ್ ವೋಟ್ ಇಂದ ಮೋದಿ ಗೆಲ್ಲೋದಿಲ್ಲ ಗುರು 😂

[@baburaomukherjee]

ah yes illiterate BJPIT cell is here

[@anirbanbhattacharya2874]

@@Kps123-j6tyou are an andhbhakt because you vote Modi no matter what.

[@juPi05tEr]

Dr Manjunath contesting in BJP ticket is a good move, Bengaluru rural has almost 50% votes from Bengalore city where BJP has significant vote share. Since he is Devegowda's son in law JDS workers are motivated and he can get votes from the rural areas as well.. In the past elections it used to be 3 way contest now BJP+JDS combined vote share should make it easy win for Dr if it works out on ground.

[@prakashys6487]

ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ✌️

[@Ragingcap1212]

​@@prakashys6487✌️😭✌️

[@snehashisbarman4591]

BJP has been the Largest Party in Karnataka during Lok Sabha Polls 2004-18 Seats 2009-19 Seats 2014-17 Seats 2019-25 Seats This time it's tough for BJP to repeat its 2019 Performance but one thing is sure Congress will remain in Single Digit

[@Trash-hc5uk]

Haha will see in June 4th

[@desaikarna9565]

My friends are from North Karnataka and West Karnataka from Bidar and Karwar and Dharwad district, they are saying BJP is clearly winning here.

[@jeanpierre-st7rl]

thats why they are not yet developped. 🤣🤣🤣

[@jaigagandeep.s5100]

@@jeanpierre-st7rleven bengaluru bjp will come .

[@MallikarjunSk1992]

I'm from Dharwad BJP will definitely win 20 to 23 seats..

[@thepaidninja6077]

​@@jeanpierre-st7rlwhat's not developed is your mums pussy, clearly has hurt your brain as you popped out.

[@BeReasonable-w9x]

Secular and so called progressives always see things from religious and caste angles. They never are religion or caste blind

[@baburaomukherjee]

ah yes illiterate BJPIT cell is here

[@account2834]

right wing and so called ದೇಶ ಭಕ್ತರು also only see thing though religion - hindu vs muslim. They never are religion blind, they just pretend to be caste blind. Reality of India is that caste system has been ingrained into everyone by upper castes. Now the upper castes are trying to pretend they don't care about caste any more.

[@debchak27]

Brilliant episode. We humbly ask SG ji to make similar episodes for all big and medium sized complex states this summer. Please!

[@ankur.mahajan]

And, then they say that north Indian politics is based on caste 😂 P.S. - The comment was meant to showcase that irrespective of region, Indian Politics is still seeped in caste. In no way, it was meant to berate Southern Indian States.

[@kkvjkumar]

Naah, North Indian politics is all about politicians fooling people. Did you see Modi talking about Muslims & lying about congress manifesto in the south? 😂😅

[@chanakyabharat756]

South India isore on caste lines ,North is better than Andhra and Karnataka in caste politics

[@kkvjkumar]

@@chanakyabharat756source? Trust me bro!

[@chanakyabharat756]

@@kkvjkumar haha whatever makes you sleep go to bed 🍼

[@ANA_DAMMI_DRAVIDA]

​@@chanakyabharat756but not better than up and Bihar

[@ToastRusk]

9:40 DK starts talking

[@kuldeepkumarbhat9648]

Pront is biased against the BJP and against Modi. No doubt about that.

[@TripleAAA787]

Go watch godi media then.

[@lakshyavarshney9942]

​@@TripleAAA787why reservations in ur cong manifesto ?

[@rishabhgupta423]

Jo sach bole voh against wah😂

[@samibabar9543]

They are making analysis on the basis of stats and data. Its you who are biased and blinded in love of Modi that you can't listen to anyone telling you otherwise.

[@RahulSolpure]

​@@TripleAAA787 Savage dude😂

[@dranantharamanr2819]

Perceptive comment about metros not having BJP rule. Big metros in India are very badly mid managed to put it lightly. It’s time BJP started focusing on municipal reform

[@tech_auto_more]

Shekar ji I really loved the idea of yours to promote Channapattana toys at the end of the video. I hope you continue such things wherever you visit throughout India. Indeed Karnataka is a mini India with diversity. That's one of the reason why any regional political parties are not able win it big unlike other Southern Indian states regional parties Kudos to you and your team for bringing this coverage in the middle of a scorching summer

[@lumbiniashutoshtambat5871]

A suggestion, use devegowda instead of gowda. Because gowda and vokkaligga are basically same, so we don't understand if u refer to the caste grp or the HDD family 😅

[@darth_vader4824]

Gowda and Vokkaliga are not same. Other castes also use the Gowda name.

[@rajx7120]

HDD family's name is Hardanahalli.

[@bindurao3463]

It is not Chik-mangaluru, it is Chik-magalu-uru

[@pajtmvorvndeifneif]

Who cares 😮

[@chanakyabharat756]

It's ok yaar, they don't do mistakes on purpose

[@NaDadiga]

​@@pajtmvorvndeifneifHyderabad, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta, Allahabad...... Who tf cares?

[@rammohan1991]

Actually it’s spelled Dodd-Konan-Kunte .

[@Cloudninerains]

Most of the common people of karnataka and kannadigas have become communalized and will soon become a cowbelt state of south .

[@tejovikasp]

As a Kannadiga and a Bangalorean having the real ground picture, your conversation is just stupid and waste of time. You are only talking looking at the what can be seen at the very very broader view perceived by reading about Karnataka politics on Google. Never Karntaka can be a survival struggle for BJP. And Vokkaliga is not totally towards DKS. It's HDD who is still the real picture of Vokkaliga. In last election (2019) Congress gained with JDS alliance and tried to finish JDS by bringing in JDS leaders to Congress with sheer money power for 2023 assembly elections. This time around it backfires Congress very badly

[@IAmSaiM]

In 2023 Congress didn't have alliance with JDS. What are you actually talking about?

[@tejovikasp]

@@IAmSaiM Congress had alliance with JDS in 2019 lokasabha elections. It was Congress and JDS coilation government in the state. After that Congress gained vote share because they bought the same JDS leaders to contest on Congress ticket. For example you take Mandya, today Mandya has 7 Congress MLA vs 1 for JDS out of 8 seats. But the ground reality is out of that 7, 5-6 are from JDS only that switched sides to Congress in this assembly elections and these are the primary reason that made sure Nikhil votes were transferred to independent in the previous election

[@IAmSaiM]

@@tejovikasp why are you ignoring 2023 state elections( doesn't 2023 take precedence over 2019)? People stopped ignoring turncoats in politics today. That has become a normal today

[@tejovikasp]

@@IAmSaiM I am never ignoring 2023 elections. If you want you just see how the state voted in assembly vs Lokasabha in the past 4 terms starting from 2004 even when Congress came to power twice at the centre. Even in the 2023 assembly elections, in spite of BJP getting just 66 and Congress getting 135 the vote share of BJP which it received in 2018 assembly election is near 100% intact with 36% vs 36.2% in 2018. So it's JDS who lost the vote share because of the same turncoats who ditched the party and the introduction of freebies and the Vokkaliga CM, all these 3 combined dented the JDS vote share and was gained by Congress. And even in this it is the Muslim vote share of JDS that was most dented as they shifted towards Congress. Also there was no strong CM face for BJP and BSY was sidelined in the wrong time and this dented Lingayat votes to an extent too and in spite of all this BJP still achieved the vote share of 36% in the state elections. Now with BSY back to the driving seat, JDS alliance and JDS having a direct fight with DKS for the Vokkaliga vote share, Raga vs Namo and not Bommai vs Siddu / DKS and the trend of Loka voting pattern vs Assembly voting pattern of the state even when strong Congress govt at the centre. With all this you know who is having a edge, or even more to have a say in the Loka elections this time around.

[@IAmSaiM]

@@tejovikasp jds is not going to get Muslim votes this time also. Also will BSY calling shots there is dissidence among loyal BJP voters also(as BSY gave seats to his supporters and ignored other sections of his own party like current mysuru mp and others like that as they belong to Santosh group). All these will effect BJP also badly(religion is not a big concern in Karnataka and hence Midi factor will not play here as his only slogan revolves around religion)

[@punnavanamsubbiah7434]

No mention of Modi Shah, Modi Guarantee, RSS.... But allience with JDS, Conviently dumping the resposibility on yediurappa Let us hope your conversations will reduce the anger of mutt leader who flagged against BJP candidates

[@baburaomukherjee]

ah yes illiterate BJPIT cell is here

[@praveenmallikarjunaiah7613]

For the Congress party in the long run - they need to redefine the minority definition and give the assembly seats and parliament seats candidates tickets in round robin fashion - mcj (muslim,christian,jain) or mcs (muslim,christian,Sikh). This will avoid them pitting against the bjp as the hindu vs muslim resulting in the clear polarization. So the next time tumakuru assembly seat ticket should be given to a christian candidate in 2028 and a Jain candidate in 2033 and a muslim candidate in 2038 assembly elections. This will be convincing for the hindu voters also to consider the Congress party as the third muslim league after the original muslim league and the IUML of Kerala.

[@nitinpatel1039]

With vijendra in charge, and bsy mobilising all, big hitter including bringing back jagdish, shettar back, typing up with jds made bjp gain very quickly after assembly loss, removing all, those paper weight bl santosh proxy from lok sabha, like nalin khatyal, ct ravi, they mught loss odd seat, but it won't much different to 2019, bjp will get 24-25seats easily

[@suhashg8664]

Anybody with a good spine .... Should be our representatives....Not Delhi subordinates .....

[@vishalreddy6144]

​@@suhashg8664all mp's are sub ordinate to PM. We should elect PM directly.

[@suhashg8664]

@@vishalreddy6144 nope PM is subpar than our MPs..... They at least don't do polarization (except 1/2)

[@JustMe54328]

@@suhashg8664best statement

[@pappupass6979]

If Congress can not be Ghandhi mukt , India will be Congress mukt.

[@shamikbhattacharyya6265]

SEKHAR SIR & DK SINGH , MARK MY WORDS BJP IS GOING TO SWEEP KARNATAKA 28/28 IN UPCOMING 2024 GENERAL. ELECTIONS ( PHASE-7) AGAINST INDIAN. NATIONAL. CONGRESS.

[@theplutonimus]

Nah no

[@IAmSaiM]

How can BJP win 28 seats when they are contesting only 24(gave 4 seats to jds). If u want to be correct tell NDA will 28 seats(even though it looks like a impossible task)

[@suhasts7484]

The other primary reason for bjp to agree to join hands with jds under alliance is the reason that congress became the single largest party in assembly elections meanwhile kumarswamy also had bitter experience with Congress alliance in the previous assembly election. So basically means both jds and bjp sees Congress as mutual enemy.

[@arunmogaveera3027]

Am from South Karnataka voter .BJP win 18 seet❤

[@vasanthathreya306]

BJP has denied tickets to 54 sitting MP's and not 100 for the upcoming elections as DK (Mr D K Shivakumar) claims ...

[@saptarshiroy1551]

Please do detailed analysis of west bengal and tamil nadu

[@AI_mod]

🤣 40/40 Tamilnadu will kick out BJP.

[@bhuvansoc9432]

@@AI_modThat’s OK, They can win next time. Let the parties DMK and ADMK contest without any alliances if they are really confident. Never can they contest on their own, but in alliance shows the kind of people trust on them.

[@AI_mod]

@@bhuvansoc9432 who cares as long as they keep the Talibans out of Tamilnadu 🤣

[@Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

​@@AI_mod seems like some people can't really have civilised discussion. And stop using Emojis it makes you look illiterate.

[@AI_mod]

@@Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi North Indian Talibans won't understand civilized discussion. And why do I have to risk anything to understand what a Taliban thinks. I am happy with the way Tamilnadu is. 🤣

[@surajmrrao4779]

Pronunciation corrections - Goda - Gowda , Maysoru - Mysore , Chitradurg - ChitradurgA

[@MaheshMahesh-gz9fv]

Don't Know How To Pronounce Districts And Talk Of Political Debate. 🤔😂😛😝😋🤪😂🤔. Least These Political Pandits Can Learn. Assembly Elections Totally Different To Lok Sabha, These So Called Political Pandits Don't Understand.

[@sanketkulkarni2390]

Guptaji, please do ctc on how north Karnataka has been ignored i.e. Kalyan Karnataka and Bombay’s Karnataka

[@anilgowdagoogle]

Thanks Shekarji for visiting my home town Channapatna and the word of toys through your media.

[@josephc8175]

This Time People of India alert.. No chance for BJP Past Ten terrible Ten years

[@purujitparashar4642]

Your name tells me all I need to know

[@richuraju8123]

​@@purujitparashar4642 you comment shows your discriminatory mindset

[@purujitparashar4642]

@@richuraju8123 Pointing out facts isn't discriminatory. Facts don't care about feelings

[@bhuvansoc9432]

This seems to be a comment based on religious bias than the ground reality and merit

[@purujitparashar4642]

@@bhuvansoc9432 might seems like it but isn't.

[@ravindrajain240]

The representational picture (20:29) for Kurabha community is picture of a tribal community known as Soligas.. They predominately habitated in BR Hills and Malemadeswara hills of Chamarajanagara

[@SriRama7832]

First Tell 🅼odi Government Not to impose 🅷indi on Non 🅷indi Speaking States, our Ancestor didn't join 🅸ndia to impose 🅷indi Culture on our future Generations. Our people have already adopted English Culture by 🅲olonization of Western Countries, we don't want another 🅲olonization by North. In our State Karnataka we elected 🅱🅹🅿, Our elected 🅱🅹🅿 MP's already acting that they are the gulamas of 🅷indi, in order to impress the North Indians for getting some Cabinet Minister Position they are Talk in 🅷indi & putting flex Board in Hindi, why do we have to Learn 🅷indi which not our Ancestor Language.

[@kenodio]

The swing state is Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, U.P and Assam and Bjp is going to loss heavily.

[@subbunittala2012]

my first time vote in karnataka after i moved here ..only to BJP ..no khangreess nation security is important !!

[@mg.f.9023]

“What is most important for Democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands.” -Alexis de Tocqueville

[@rajx7120]

Fortunes are not limited in capitalism. New fortunes are constantly created. It's not a zero sum game. It's just that some people make more fortunes than others. New unicorns are being created in India. New billionaires are being made. But you talk as if only Adani and Ambani is rich and everyone is poor. Don't mislead.

[@sankalp6872]

Great fortunes remained in Gandhi family's hand for 70 years. Good to see that people are correcting that mistake.

[@ItsMe-rl9ho]

Uncle Shekar...all your caste analysis will come wrong in Lokashaba election.....still there is Modi wave which is enough to sail 20 to 22 seats this time around.....we know what our people vote

[@samibabar9543]

Making judgements without using mind and analysis is the sign of an ignorant person. No one can make predictions.

[@simha06]

@@samibabar9543 do you know much better than locals?!

[@ItsMe-rl9ho]

@@samibabar9543 You will get to know on June 4th who is ignorant and pls reply to the same thred on that day when you see the results....

[@sridharmahalingam8190]

NDA will sweep Karnataka under Modi.

[@prakashraghunathan2685]

Thankyou shekar sir and Dk singh sir for bringinging political landscape in karnataka.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you, Prakash, for supporting our journalism. I hope you enjoyed this episode. Do keep watching and writing in...best wishes, Shekhar

[@aanchalarora9246]

SGji in his old familiar self! Love it …

[@aanchalarora9246]

Looks like this was shot before SGs visit to Bangalore!

[@shivamkrishna7704]

Sir the comment of Congress votes concentrated needs to be corrected. Actually Congress is spread across the State while BJP is weak in Mysuru region

[@margandeyannarasimhalu7704]

Good to have seen you both together. Kindly do one joint session on how our honourable Prime Minister spoke on Muslims grabbing properties. Thank you.

[@bhaskaraa.p5880]

Shekar Guptha and his collegue does not know karnataka, just contacting some congress favored local journalists they are explaining He said,Gowda extended family in politics and even he compared concluded beyond nehuru family Cleverly he forgotten the karnataka congress family politics .This time congress givenb14 MP seat to all son ,son in law and daughter of congress politicians DK shivkumar family, himself PCC president with deputy chief minister, his brother is MP, his one more cousin is MLC and his cobrother is MLA,, this is just a sample of family politics in the name of national party

[@onithinbharadwaj]

I don’t get why you guys pronounce it as मांड्या. It is “मंड्य” (mun-dya) 🤷🏻. You did very good job of pronouncing other cities properly

[@Randomcomment7699]

Great video.. please give more space to dk sir

[@rajunaik26]

I am from Karwar Karnataka here bjp will get atleast 25 seats and after Neha murder case congress will get zero seats 🙏

[@cirus4460]

These North Indians should stop analysing South Indian politics, you can’t understand!

[@adityabhakat0236]

What did they get wrong according to you ?

[@Kps123-j6t]

As a kannadiga (ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ) I vote Modi no matter what. The situation has dramatically changed after Neha Hiremath 's murder. Bjp will easily win 20+ seats and jds 2 seats..

[@adityabidarikote6956]

You are fit to be in Gujarat not in Sarva janagada shanthiya thota.

[@Kps123-j6t]

@@adityabidarikote6956 ನಮ್ಮ ಸರ್ವಜನಾಂಗದ ಶಾಂತಿಯ ತೋಟ, ಒಂದು ಜನಾಂಗ ದಿಂದ ಹಾಳಾಗೋಕೆ ನೀನು ಸಹ ಕಾರಣ. You are fit to be in Pakistan not in "my" ಕರುನಾಡು.

[@simha06]

@@adityabidarikote6956 thika muchhappa.

[@muralivenugopal4016]

I love India great 👍👍👍👍👍👍 Modi ji jai Modi ji jai Modi ji jai Modi ji jai Modi ji

[@shekarnt]

This time all 28 to BJP.

[@ApTo734]

Not even in your wild dreams. 😂

[@IAmSaiM]

Atleast say 28 to NDA(not BJP)

[@shekarnt]

@@IAmSaiM okay granted.

[@ranganathgowda7258]

Very beautifully explained by shekar ji

[@Rahul-yq9ye]

Waste of time as a kannadiga

[@Abiram69]

What are your predictions for the election bro

[@srebalanandasivam9563]

Then you say BJP sweep confirm?

[@doncorleone3901]

50-50 between bjp and congress give or take. The tax devolution issue is a big factor this time. Just this week supreme court beat up Modi govt to release funds that they were supposed to give 6 months back

[@suhashg8664]

It's high time we kannadigas have a regional party.....We had to go to the supreme court for a basic drought relief package....We are sick of these high command 'Ji' culture, Hindi/Urdu preference of Delhi based parties.....We must govern ourselves like Odisha, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerla, AP.......

[@doncorleone3901]

@@suhashg8664 yes but not one where half of the mlas are from one family.

[@krishnaprasad4629]

i have travelled karnataka extensively, the ground support is for BJP, BJP+ will win 23-25 seats. Dr Manjunath will win Bengaluru rural with conciderable margins.

[@sakshambhadoria9998]

In Karnataka, there has been a churn since the last assembly polls. BJP-JDS have formed an alliance to counter the Congress party. It is also a battle of social alliances. BJP-JDS symbolises the coming together of dominant groups lingayats and vokkaligas. Congress on the other hand has stitched an AHINDA coalition which won them the state elections in a historic way. It mainly comprises minorities and backwards groups which includes Dalits as well. The coming together of BJP-JDS may also lead to counter consolidation of this social grouping. But politics as always is not easy and straightforward. We cannot discard the factionalism within the state BJP and Congress internal power play. Not to mention the battle of relevance the gowda parivar faces among its own voter base and bastions. There are many variables,interplay of caste,local issues and ambitions of leaders. The BJP after facing a drubbing in the assembly polls is making a return to its old style communitarian,lingayat,mutt based politics and banking heavily on its stalwart yedurappa. This dramatic shift is a break from the hindutva politics that was uncomfortable with the Karnataka voters. But the other reason is left unresolved i.e factionalism. Yedurappa is calling the shots in ticket selection, high command has approved his sons promotion (one is the state BJP chief and other is the leader of opposition) which is making countless others in the party uncomfortable and uneasy. BJP has also denied tickets to Hindutva poster boys. Congress meanwhile wanted their sitting state ministers to test political waters. But they got tickets for their sons and daughters rather than contesting themselves. The electoral results will decide their fate in the state cabinet. Jds struggling with political decline, oblivion and fighting for relevance has unfortunately become more dependent on the first family. Many leaders have deserted the outfit after its poor showing in the last state polls. It has a caste to show for aspirations and family to show as representation to the voters. It is also facing a challenge to retain its own votebank from dk Shivakumar and his family(they are also vokkaligas ,the core base of jds). Hoping to reap some gains from Modi's popularity might be one such idea dominating the minds of party managers while announcing the alliance. Dynastic politics or parivarwaad remains a favourite talking point,political punching bag and a way of deriding opponents. But in Karnataka all are hand in glove to put all their stakes on "parivar" in a highly consequential election. Contradictions pave the way for clarity.

[@navs20]

The only contested seats are Bangalore Rural, Chitradurga, Chamrajnagar, Bellary, Chikkodi and Hassan. Others are with BJP. Of these Bangalore Rural has 3 Urban AC which has majority electorate and with JDS candidate fighting on BJP ticket he will get considerable Rural votes.

[@venkateswarluchaluvadi7540]

Godi media is worrying a lot after seeing the ground reality in polling.

[@khanyalokath7192]

Congress this time

[@powerlord.]

Please vote for BJP

[@johneugenenidhiry1679]

Thanks for highlighting Channapattna

[@venkateshvs2829]

GUPTA IS A CHAMCHA OF BJP..DON'T CALL HIM & LOSE YOUR CHANNEL VALUE..

[@modguy9894]

Araam se INDIA bloc alliiane will dominate Karnataka except for 2-3 seats

[@prakashys6487]

ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ 303✌️

[@sbp4034]

Lingayat are in favor with Congress this time

[@noneoftheabove666]

I honestly don't understand how or why Kodagu gets included in the Mysore-Karnataka region. Kodagu was an independent state till 1956 and was not even a part of Mysore Kingdom to a large extent.

[@vikasprakashjoshi2090]

In fact in my visit there. I found that Kodava though fluent in Kannada, speak in a different language at home.

[@citizen408]

They were always under larger Kannada Empires.

[@noneoftheabove666]

@@citizen408 Even big chunks of Maharashtra was under Kannada empires. Should all those parts be in Karnataka then??

[@noneoftheabove666]

@@vikasprakashjoshi2090 Yes, they speak Kodava Thak, which is a language from the same language family, but a different language. I grew up in Kodagu and can speak the language.

[@being5411]

@@noneoftheabove666 bro ooty language badaga is like water and kodagu district language is like oil. Kannada is like water and tamil is like oil . But all are fluids belonging to same language family. Kodagu will merge with tamil if it joins tamilnadu . Badaga or ooty people language will mix and get lost if it had joined karnataka . Ooty and kodagu are neighbouring places with dense forest inbetween these two

[@margandeyannarasimhalu7704]

Sirs I was referring to the speech of the Hon'ble PM at Rajasthan.

[@thunrou]

Why are restless?

[@margandeyannarasimhalu7704]

@@thunrou The question is meant for the two learned gentlemen.

[@d.s.ramnarayan6799]

Mr Shekha Gupta, you have 1. Unnecessary repetition of same data to stretch time 2. More stress on muslim population, while no mention of Christians in coastal Karnataka, Jains in Central Karnataka and Sikh population in and around Bidar where there is a big and famous Gurudwara. Clearly your political leaning is visible..

[@gunjankumarsharma4160]

Stronger the BJP, better it is for the nation

[@chakrapaniatmakur6883]

Waste of time. Both don't know Karnataka 😮

[@srinathshrothrium5563]

Claiming pristine even after having fallen into shit and ascribing a culture where there is non is vicious. Exhibiting Chenapatna toys in Navaratri, also as Bride & bridegroom in southern marriages is Sanathana and pre-1500 AD.

[@KMKHANN]

It is time to chrck what the people will choose a secular, democratic peacefull india with genioun grounds or otherwise..let us hope for the best

[@JaiDinesha]

It's time for Karnataka to come out of the assumption that Modi is great, honest or uncorrupt. His recent actions and speeches show how ugly and derogatory he can be.. Am still worried how ppl still are on a slave mentality towards leaders.. Hope they think n vote. Not on local issues but seeing the big picture of democracy and spirit of federalism.🇮🇳

[@GayathriK-re7wt]

No way.

[@JaiDinesha]

@@GayathriK-re7wt It's fine. Fools do exist.

[@kalavathypv5508]

We must be like Roman when we are in Rome.if apposition leaders talk rubbish,we must answer them in their own language.

[@JaiDinesha]

@@kalavathypv5508 I pity your ignorance and lack of capability to understand how a leader should speak when he holds a seat of responsibility.. Why doesn't Modi talk about price rise of fuel and 2g verdict anymore? And his petition to allot spectrums through administrative order instead of auction? And his shameless red carpet welcome for Money Laundering accused Himanta Biswas Sharma, Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde?

[@vaibhav1069]

Sorry We are not fool like you 🤡

[@balakrishnanravichandran5974]

Bjp would take our country backwards by 100 years. They try to polarize people and make us forget about the actual problems

[@sanjaysaksena619]

Excellent analysis

[@thepaidninja6077]

Karnataka will be sweeped

[@abhishekc10]

While voting for congress just remember these folks, Rahul, Mamta, Tejasvi, Akhilesh and then vote for them

[@gomathakamadhenu1607]

Recently New Zealand Prime Minister resigned in tears. Reason - no money, no job, the economy is like a boat without direction... British is in the same situation... High inflation and the Economy slipping into Recession. America is on the brink of a major recession. Germany is already in recession. The entire European countries are scathed by the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Most of our neighbors are bankrupt. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka have gone completely bankrupt and are unable to pay their fuel bills. They struggle to stay afloat. Despite all this, India is getting stronger day by day. It is growing at a 7.2% rate, the fastest in the world with one of the lowest inflation rates among the trillion-dollar economy. Dozens of missile tests, military modernization, fast trains, mega projects that shake the world, many expressways, and highways like never seen in the history of the nation, and hundreds of projects to help farmers and common people. Modi government is successfully implementing it. Every day in some part of the country PM Modi is dedicating a big project to the country. The projects are being completed fast. So, India is going to rule the world in the future, this is the achievement of an extraordinary person called Modi.. If Modiji was not present in these 9 years, the condition of India would have deteriorated like most of the countries in the world. This is the power of your decisive mandate which you giving since 2014.

[@kamathkamath6150]

For whom 28 seats in Karnataka valuable? Your Masters of 70 years?

[@robinsonpremanand7879]

Congress will win this time in Karnataka worst conditions in atleast 20 seats

[@adityachaudhary1610]

So what is the logic behind uploading at 2 in the morning 😅

[@ygcg8696]

My take : 06-08 Congress 18-20 BJP 02-03 JDS. Remember Congress and JDS had just One each MPin the last Loka Sabha. BJP had won 25. Independent Sumalatha has joined BJP now and Kumaraswamy the JDS boss is the NDA nominee for that constituency, Mandya. 🤔

[@girish6064]

Thank you

[@nagarajarao8358]

Hoping for a clean BJP Sweep

[@goodfrnd6863]

Thank you for not addressing Kar-Naa-ttAkk.

[@ayyappankuttyka8503]

കേരളം ഭരിക്കുന്ന LDF ൻ്റെ കൺവീനറായ EP ബി ജെ പി യിൽ ചേരുമെന്നത് ഒരു ദിവാസ്വപ്നം മാത്രമാണ് കേരളത്തിൽ അവിടവിടെയായി ബിജെപി അണികളും പ്രാദേശിക നേതാക്കളും CPMൽ ചേരുന്നുണ്ട്.

[@sklux6147]

In Karnataka BJP is scared of losing big-time. Crash from 26/28 to 15/28 or below looks certain. BJP's betrayal in depriving funds to state, zero development, corruption and poor governance, failure to deliver on the promises by Modi. Present Cong govt is blatantly pro muslim and that is not likely to erode the popularity they have earned by delivering on promises made to the poor people. Karnataka was a Hindutva stronghold even before 2014. Modi - Shah combine has broken the back of the state. Lack of honesty and trust deficit with the party leadership are the key factors. A lesson in lost opportunity to Modi leadership. It is BJP Vs BJP. Massive goof up. BJP cadre is working very hard but their best may not be enough. Assurances of eradication of corruption and dynastic politics have all been proven false. All that remains is communal card in the name of fighting against minority appeasement. BJP has succeeded in communal/caste divisions and that is the only weapon available with Modi for electoral gain. The future of India can be secured only if the people of India participate in the elections with a responsible attitude. Satyamev Jayate! Jai Hind 🫡

[@subrahmanyamgudipati268]

Do you believe the elections are fare?

[@pranavrathi779]

When leaders are developed at JDS, COngress and BJP import them usually

[@sreedharanath]

People sitting in an A/C chamber and analysing political prospects of parties only based on past stats are the most dumb political analysts.

[@NEOM57]

This time muslims votes gone to CONGRESS ,❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jijogeorge2760]

Bjp :15 to 17 Congress 12 to 15 Chance to win

[@ubhaskar1053]

Shekhar ji is not backing modi, the way he was before.

[@ravisb123]

Gupta Ji....Please give a chance to DK some time to talk.....

[@srebalanandasivam9563]

BJP plus JDS will have a clean sweep and Siddarama incentive schemes will bite the dust