Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been routed in the Karnataka Assembly elections and has been pushed to the third spot. The Congress has stormed back to power with HD Kumaraswamy-led Janata Dal Secular coming second in the Assembly results announced on Wednesday.
Just five years ago Karnataka became the first state in South India to have a BJP government, but the party failed to build on its success and consolidate its base. Allegations of corruption and nepotism have cost the party dear and the results reveal that forcing former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa out of the party contributed to the massive loss.
The BJP rank and file was clearly unhappy with Yeddyurappa being shown the door even though he was allegedly involved in massive corruption and the administration under him was extremely poor.
Across the state was mood was anti-BJP. The party has done badly not only in urban seats but also in the rural constituencies.
In the 2008 Assembly elections the BJP won 110 seats, Congress 80, JDS 28 and independent and smaller parties bagged six.
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