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B S Yeddyurappa admits to messing up BJP's chances in bypolls

Mr Yeddyurappa is said to have admitted to his lack of judgement during the BJP legislators' meeting at the party office on Thursday.

Bengaluru: The state BJP seems to have learnt a lesson from its debacle in the recent Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls and has decided to consult its workers before giving tickets to outsiders in future.

State party chief, B S Yeddyurappa has reportedly confessed he made a mistake in fielding Mr Chandrashekar, who quit the Congress to join the party, to contest from the Ramanagara Assembly constituency as he withdrew from the contest just a couple of days before polling , leaving the BJP high and dry.

Mr Yeddyurappa is said to have admitted to his lack of judgement during the BJP legislators' meeting at the party office on Thursday.

“Congress leader, Chandrashekar joined the BJP with an ulterior motive. If we had given a ticket to a local BJP leader from Ramanagara district, we may have performed impressively,” he is said to have told the meeting.

Senior BJP leader, K.S. Eshwarappa revealed the party had discussed the reasons for its defeat in the byelections at the meeting without playing a blame game. "The party leadership admitted it had mistakenly thought the Congress-JD(S) alliance would not work at the grassroots. The bypolls have taught us a lesson. We will not repeat our mistake in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and will defeat the alliance," he asserted. Mr Eshwarappa also blamed the BJP's poor performance on the Congress and JD(S)'s alleged use of money power to woo voters and misuse of government machinery in Shivamogga, Ballari and Jamakhandi.

“We will discuss the bypolls at length at the core committee meeting of the party and take corrective steps,” said senior leader of the BJP, C.T. Ravi.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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