The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) which had been tipped as kingmaker in the Karnataka assembly polls before the BJP upset all predictions, severely damaged the Congress’ prospects of retaining power, the saffron party’s spokesman in the state S Shantaram said on Tuesday. The results, he said, was another step towards the BJP’s stated position of eliminating the Congress from India’s political landscape. “The people have decided to make Karnataka Congress mukt as in the other states. The Congress loses wherever its president Rahul Gandhi campaigns. Sonia Gandhi also hit the campaign in Karnataka once, two years after she quit an election rally midway in Varanasi.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2018 09:56 UTC