Karnataka's win vote against Centre's policies: Advani

Describing the BJP's win in Karnataka as a vote against the Centre's policies, party senior leader L K Advani today said the poll results showed the shape of things to come in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections.

NEW DELHI: Describing the BJP's win in Karnataka as a vote against the Centre's policies, party senior leader L K Advani today said the poll results showed the shape of things to come in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections.

Upbeat after the party's spectacular showing, the Leader of the Opposition said the "triumph in Karnataka will prove to be a turning point" and reiterated that 2008 is going to be a 'year of change' in national politics.

"This geographical expansion of the BJP, and the simultaneous shrinkage of the Congress party almost all over the country, shows the shape of things to come in the run-up to the next Parliamentary elections," he said.

He also dubbed the poll victory as a verdict against the Congress party's "politics of opportunism" and the JD(S)'s "politics of betrayal".

Keen to target the Congress-led Centre, Advani said the Congress party would be indulging in "self-delusion" if it thought that the people of Karnataka were influenced by the local factors.

"The UPA government's utter failure to control the prices of essential commodities, its soft and compromising policy on terrorism, and its insensitivity towards the plight of kisans have angered the common people all over the country," he said.
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