However,the party has begun talks with some independents as the Central leadership expressed confidence of forming the government but the road ahead in formation of government is uneven. The party"s performance and the nitty gritty of government formation were discussed at a meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Board which expressed satisfaction over the election results in the southern state.
“The Parliamentary Board analysed the results and expressed satisfaction over it. The results are on expected lines," party General Secretary Arun Jaitley, who was incharge of the state, told reporters after the meeting.
He said a meeting of the newly-elected MLAs will be held in Bangalore tomorrow to formally elect B S Yeddyurappa as the legislative party leader after which he will stake claim to form the government.Jaitley and former BJP President Venkaiah Naidu will attend the legislative party meeting as representatives of the Central leadership.
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today described the party"s victory
in Karnataka as a “verdict against Sonia Gandhi"s leadership".
“This is the 11th defeat of Congress in succession in the country
and
is nothing but a verdict against Congress President Sonia Gandhi"s
leadership," she told reporters here.
Taking a swipe at the Congress manifesto which offered “freebies" for the poor like colour television sets and rice at Rs two a kilogram, she charged that the Congress never had shown concern for the poor when they ruled.
She expressed confidence about BJP winning the Lok Sabha polls also and L K Advani becoming the Prime Minister.
Most probably state will have its first BJP CM on
Wednessday.
Next year general election will keep the reorientation of Kanataka politics remains alive and each party will take a step keeping in view of its image,the coalition of secular and third front make the situation more interesting,to which side the party turns is in difficult preposition in respect to national politics.
