Karnataka Poll Results: Yogendra Yadav’s Message For BJP, Congress

Video Editor: Ashutosh Bharadwaj

• What are the implications of the Congress trailing and the BJP leading in the Karnataka assembly elections?
• How will the draft of 2019 elections be prepared after the poll results?

The Quint's Editorial Director Sanjay Pugalia speaks to election analyst Yogendra Yadav on several crucial talking points.

This is the victory of BJP’s election management. This is not the outcome of the Modi-wave because if it was so, then the BJP would have secured 4-5% more votes than the Congress.   

Yogendra Yadav, Founder, Swaraj Abhiyan

What is the message from the Karnataka election results?

“It seemed after the Gujarat elections that the Congress was coming back to power. That narrative has now been punctured”, claims Yogendra Yadav

Congress has failed to take advantage of the divide within the Karnataka BJP. According to Yogendra Yadav, the Congress has not been able to make a comeback despite the BJP’s war within and corruption charges against BJP Ministers.