In the by-election for three Parliament seats and two assembly, the Congress and JDS alliance is leading in four places out of five as per the latest reports. This is a huge setback for the main opposition, BJP and boost for the ruling government.
Shivamogga, Bellary and Mandya parliamentary seats while Jamkhandi and Ramanagara assembly seats went for by-poll. Except in Shivamogga, BJP is trailing in all the segments. The Shivamogga is BJP’s strong den which belongs to former chief minister B Yeddyurappa and his son Raghavendra has contested the poll.
Surprisingly, Bellary which is mining baron Reddy brothers’ bastion has slipped out of their hands as Congress’ VS Ugrappa has a lead over one lakh votes. In Ramanagara, Jamkhandi and Mandya too the results are in favour of Congress-JDS candidates.
Former finance minister P Chidambaram has mocked the BJP basing on the results and added that coalition has delivered. We have to see how the BJP reacts.