11-04-2008, 05:24 AM
BJP sweeps all 3 seats in by-polls
DH News Service, Dharwad/Belgaum/Mangalore:
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka on Monday won all the three Legislative Council seats in the by-polls defeating the Congress-Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) combine.
The voting took place on October 31 in Kodagu, Belgaum and Dharwad districts. BJPâs S G Medappa (Kodagu), Shashikant Naik (Belgaum) and Shivaraj Sajjannar (Dharwad) defeated their Congress rivals backed by the JDS.
The Congress and the JDS joined hands to defeat, what they described as, âcommunal forcesâ, but the BJP candidates won with comfortable margins. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa described the victory of the party candidates as a referendum on his governmentâs performance.
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Nov420...tion=updatenews
DH News Service, Dharwad/Belgaum/Mangalore:
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka on Monday won all the three Legislative Council seats in the by-polls defeating the Congress-Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) combine.
The voting took place on October 31 in Kodagu, Belgaum and Dharwad districts. BJPâs S G Medappa (Kodagu), Shashikant Naik (Belgaum) and Shivaraj Sajjannar (Dharwad) defeated their Congress rivals backed by the JDS.
The Congress and the JDS joined hands to defeat, what they described as, âcommunal forcesâ, but the BJP candidates won with comfortable margins. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa described the victory of the party candidates as a referendum on his governmentâs performance.
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Nov420...tion=updatenews