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Karnataka Elections – JDS’ Kumaraswamy will be next Karnataka CM: Siddaramaiah Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said H.D. Kumaraswamy would be the next chief minister of the JD-S-led government supported by the Congress in Karnataka Siddaramaiah has also quashed rumours that a section of MLAs of his party was unhappy over him joining hands with Congress. “We have decided that Kumaraswamy will be the chief minister. We are 117 together,” Siddaramaiah said after a meeting between the two parties took place late in the evening, post the announcement of election results of Karnataka, which has thrown up a fractured mandate. Asked about reports of dissension among some Congress MLAs over the two parties coming together, Siddaramaiah said: “It’s a baseless rumour.” In the election results, the Bharatiya Janata Party has won 104 seats, emerging as the single largest party, while the Congress with 78 seats is at the second position. Former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S) party has emerged as a kingmaker with 37 seats. Apart from this, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party both won one seat each. Remaining one seat went to an Independent candidate contesting from the state. Elections in Karnataka were held at 222 out of 224 seats, on May 12. Elections in two assembly constituencies have been deferred. A party or an alliance needs 112 seats to form the government in Karnataka. As the results of the poll in the state have left the assembly in hung, the final decision will be taken by the Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala. Karnataka fate hangs in a balance as BJP falls short of majority, Cong-JD(S) join hands Sources said the Congress has left the CM post to the JD(S) as it feels the mandate is not for the ruling party with as many as 16 ministers in the Siddaramaiah government biting the dust. The CM himself managed to barely scrape through in Badami by 1,696 votes, the second seat he fought from, but the massive blow to the Congress’ prospects in central and north Karnataka proved that the Lingayat gamble of offering the dominant community in Karnataka minority religion status had not worked at all. HORSE TRADING? All eyes are now on governor Vajubhai Vala amid conflicting reports of horse-trading, with some reports suggesting that five Lingayat MLAs from the Congress are already missing. The BJP needs eight more MLAs to reach the 112 mark in the 222-seat Assembly, with polls yet to be held in two seats. Meanwhile, the JD(S) has reportedly whisked away its MLAs to a resort to make sure they are not poached upon by the BJP in its effort to scramble together a majority. While the Congress and the JD(S) together have a comfortable majority – 116, three more than the halfway mark – it remains to be seen how the BJP, despite being the largest party, will get its required numbers with only two Independents winning the polls. “Wait and watch” was all that a top BJP source would say when asked how the party was planning to get the numbers. Any party or coalition staking claim to form the government will also have to prove its majority on the floor of the Assembly, probably in a couple of weeks. In fact, Karnataka has faced a similar situation in the past. In 2004, the Congress and JD(S) formed a coalition government led by late Dharam Singh after no party could secure a majority though the BJP emerged as the single largest party. That government lasted for two years and was toppled by Mr Kumaraswamy, who led a JD(S)-BJP coalition government with the BJP’s B.S. Yeddyurappa as his deputy. The 20-20 month power-sharing arrangement did not last long either, with H.D. Kumaraswamy refusing to give up power to the BJP, which led to the collapse of the coalition in 2007. (BLOG INPUTS FROM ANI & Deccan Chronicle)
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मत तान्न अझै किन महत्त्वपूर्ण छन् मोदी? भारतका प्रधानमन्त्री नरेन्द्र मोदीको हिन्दु राष्ट्रवादी भारतीय जनता पार्टी-बीजेपीले उसको राजनीतिक प्रभाव निरन्तर रूपमा बढाइरहेको देखिन्छ। दक्षिणी राज्य कर्नाटकमा हालै भएको विधानसभा चुनावमा मोदीको दल सबैभन्दा ठूलो पार्टीका रूपमा उदाएको छ । भारतका २९ वटा राज्यमध्ये २० वटा राज्यमा बीजेपीको सरकार छ र अब २१औँ राज्यको सत्ताको बागडोर सम्हाल्ने दाबी पनि उसले गरेको छ। दुई अन्य दलहरू कंग्रेस तथा क्षेत्रीय पार्टी जनता दल (सेक्युलर)ले अन्तिम समयमा आएर एकअर्कासँग चुनावपश्चात् गठबन्धन गर्ने घोषणा गर्दै स्थितिलाई नयाँ मोड दिए। ‘कर्नाटक सरकारको साँचो राज्यपालको हातमा’ सत्ता दाबी गठबन्धनले उनीहरूलाई सत्तामाथि उचित दाबी गर्ने मौका दिएको पनि ती दुई दलहरू बताउँछन्। कांग्रेस तथा जनता दलले ११४ सिट हासिल गरेका छन् भने बीजेपीसँग १०४ सिट छ। अब कर्नाटक राज्यमा त्यहाँका राज्यपालले कसले त्यहाँ सरकार गठन गर्नेछ भनेर आह्वान गर्नुपर्ने हुन्छ। तर सामान्य बहुमत पाउनबाट बीजेपी ८ सिटले मात्र पछि परेपनि मोदी चुनावी परिणामबाट निकै नै खुसी देखिन्छन्। प्रभाव बिस्तार गत एक वर्षमा बीजेपीले भारतका ग्रामीण उत्तर-पूर्वमा अनपेक्षित रूपमा प्रभाव बिस्तार गरेको छ। त्यो क्षेत्रमा २५ वटा संसदीय सिटहरू छन्। पाँच वटा दक्षिणी भारतीय राज्यहरूमा अहिलेसम्म केही सफलता नपाएको बीजेपीले ६ करोड ४० लाख जनसंख्या भएको कर्नाटकमा राम्रो चुनावी परिणाम ल्याएको छ। अघिल्लो सरकारमा मन्त्री रहेका कंग्रेसका एक दर्जनभन्दा बढी नेताले उनीहरूको सिट गुमाएका छन्। यसको अधिकतम श्रेय मोदीलाई नै जान्छ। गुजरातमा मोदी नै विजयतर्फ अग्रसर चुनावी रणनीति एकदमै आक्रमक अभियानका क्रममा, निकै मिहिनेती भनिने नेता मोदीले २० भन्दा धेरै सार्वजनिक बैठकहरू गरे। साथै लोकप्रियवादी क्षेत्रीय नेता तथा कांग्रेशबाट मुख्यमन्त्री बनेका सिद्धरमैयाविरुद्ध कडा रूपमा उत्रिएको देखियो। मोदीले भ्रष्टचारका विरुद्ध लड्ने अनि अर्थतन्त्रलाई मजबुत पार्ने कुरा गरे जबकि उनका दलका अन्य नेताहरूले धार्मिक मुद्दा उठाए। चुनावी नतिजाले फेरि पनि मोदी अझै पनि उनको दलको सबैभन्दा महत्तवपूर्ण व्यक्ति हुन् भन्ने पुनः प्रमाणित भएको छ। राहुल गान्धीले नेतृत्व गरेको कांग्रेसका लागि चुनावी हार एउटा ठूलो बाधा भन्न सकिन्छ। हालैका वर्षमा कांग्रेसले बलियो नेतृत्वको अभावको सामना गरिरहेको छ। कयौँ सामाजिक निर्वाचन क्षेत्रहरूमा स्तब्ध तुल्याउने गतिमै उसले मतदाताहरू गुमाएको छ र भारतको ठूलो हिस्सा ओगट्ने अधैर्य तथा महत्तवकांक्षी मतदाताहरूलाई आश्वस्त पार्ने आशा प्रदान गर्न विफल भएको छ।