Will the Congress-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka pull of a win this time as well? The infighting between the parties has been a talking point in the recent past. Will this help the BJP to win the crucial state or is the Modi factor enough to bag votes? From coalition to caste, Prannoy Roy and his team analyse crucial questions on The Countdown tonight and bring you exclusive interviews with Chief Minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy, Congress's DK Shivakumar, Former Deputy Chief Minister of the BJP R Ashok, actor turned politician Prakash Raj and the Bengaluru-South candidate of the BJP, Tejasvi Surya.
Here are the highlights of today's episode of 'The Countdown':
The point is he (Narendra Modi) is choosing to be silent on certain issues which has emboldened the narrative, which is not right. I don't feel secular, when he talks.
.@Tejasvi_Surya, BJP's surprise candidate from Bengaluru South, on party state president BS Yedyurappa's role
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BJP's youngest candidate in the country, @Tejasvi_Surya, who is also the party's candidate from Bengaluru South on #TheCountdown
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Even in Bihar, if you take the example of Lalu Prasad, because of their hard work, the RJD party is surviving. The same thing is going on in Uttar Pradesh and even in Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. Actually, family politics is not the issue now, only how do we work about this. That is important actually. The implementation is important.
Opinion polls suggest a close fight between BJP, Cong-JD(S) in Karnataka
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"We have accepted this alliance": Karnataka water resource minister @DKShivakumar on #TheCountdown#KarnatakaPolitics pic.twitter.com/HjHzQWSwnl
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Karnataka water resource minister, @DKShivakumar on #TheCountdown
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As far as the South is concerned - candidate, caste, cash. These 3 are playing a very major role but at what level, I cannot come on record.
HD Kumaraswamy has been very emotional from Day 1.
There are lots of differences of opinions at the ground level. But now, 1 year has passed. We have accepted this alliance. And a lot of senior leaders have accepted this. In 50 constituencies, we have differences of opinions. But in the rest 175 constituencies, the BJP and Congress are fighting. I am sure, we will have better results with this grand alliance.
