Five days to go for voting in another election, senior BJP leaders in the region admit their chances are no different but believe they can still affect the outcome. Don’t waste BJP votes, push them to the JD(S) and stop the Congress,” says a district BJP SC/ST cell chief. Read | Karnataka elections: Fear of hung House forces JD(S), BJP to blow hot and cold“Farmers here feed Karnataka and the nation. Officially though, the BJP and JD(S) have vehemently denied reports of a tacit understanding in the region. The video is at least 12 years old and from when the BJP and JD(S) ran a coalition government in Karnataka.

Source: Indian Express May 07, 2018 23:15 UTC