प्रभसिमरन सिंह के कमाल और हरप्रीत बरार के धमाल से पंजाब प्लेऑफ की दौड़ में बरकरार, दिल्ली बाहर

दिल्ली कैपिटल्स के खिलाफ प्रभसिमरन सिंह ने शानदार शतक जड़ा. प्रभसिमरन सिंह ने शुरुआत धीमा की लेकिन बाद में उन्होंने अपना गियर बदला. 22 साल के युवा बैटर को इस दौरान जीवनदान मिला और इसका उन्होंने भरपूर फायदा उठाया. दिल्ली कैपिटल्स की ओर से कप्तान डेविड वॉर्नर ने अर्धशतक जड़ा. पंजाब के 12 मैचों में 12 अंक हो गए हैं और शिखर धवन की कप्तानी वाली टीम प्लेऑफ की दौड़ में बनी हुई है.

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14 साल पुराना रिकॉर्ड ध्वस्त, बेरहम बैटर ने 338 की स्ट्राइक रेट से कूटे रन, युवराज और क्रिस गेल छूटे पीछे

15वें ओवर तक लखनऊ का स्कोर 2 विकेट पर 114 रन था और जीत के लिए 30 गेंद पर 69 रन की जरूरत थी. तीसरी गेंद पर मार्कस स्टोइनिस आउट हुए और यहां से मैच पलट गया. मैदान पर कदम निकोलस पूरन ने कदम रखा और आते ही अभिषेक शर्मा को तीन लगातार छक्के जमाए.

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Opinion: Opinion: Karnataka's Thumbs Up For Congress And Lessons For BJP

The 137-year-old Grand Old Party is back in business. For the first time since its rout in the 2014 national election, repeated in 2019, the Congress has reason to celebrate. The party won elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in 2018 and had a narrow win in Himachal Pradesh in 2022. The decisive verdict in Karnataka today gives the Congress's workers reason to smile after the state leadership pulled off a win versus the charisma of Narendra Modi.

The Congress's "vocal for local" campaign prevailed. For the first time since its inception in 1980, the BJP was charged with corruption; the "40 per cent Sarkara" slogan following bribe allegations by the Karnataka Contractors' Association and the school managements' federation against the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government seems to have stuck.

The election was fought on local issues, and "crony capitalism", to which Rahul Gandhi's post-poll tweet referred, was never made an issue. The strong regional leadership of the party, Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar (who agreed to sink their differences), had pleaded with the central leadership to keep the usual anti-Modi rhetoric at bay as local issues and the party's five guarantees (which the new Cabinet is slated to implement in its very first meeting) emerged as a bulwark of the campaign.

Karnataka has been a milestone state for the Congress. The party split for the first time when two days before Jawaharlal Nehru's birth anniversary, Indira Gandhi was expelled by the "Syndicate" in a meeting of the Congress Working Committee held in Bangalore (now Bengaluru) on November 12, 1969. Karnataka leader S Nijalingappa was Congress president then. The next turning point came in November 1978, when Indira Gandhi won the Chikmagalur Lok Sabha by-poll, reversing the 1977 rout and setting in motion the Congress's return to power in 1980. The Congress symbol of "Cow and Calf" was frozen after the 1978 split. The "Hand" symbol was first used in Chikmagalur. The "Hand" got a thumbs-up in 1978. The revelry was repeated on May 13, 2013.

Sonia Gandhi's victory in the 1999 general election from Bellary, over BJP stalwart Sushma Swaraj, carved her a place in the leadership pantheon of the Congress and ushered her uninterrupted two-decade-plus reign over the party. The 2023 victory may not be a turning point of the magnitude of 1969, 1978, or 1999, but it certainly is a lifesaver for a sagging party.

It's also a big boost for efforts to unite non-BJP parties, being championed by Nitish Kumar who, earlier this week, received endorsement from Nationalist Congress Party stalwart Sharad Pawar.

The viability of the Congress as a leading force in an anti-BJP alliance has been questioned by a section of regional parties, notably Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, K Chandrasekhar Rao's Bharat Rashtra Samithi and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party. This will persist. The possibility of a pan-India alliance seems remote. State-level alliances may emerge in the run-up to the 2024 General Election. There are powerful leaders like the Biju Janata Dal's Naveen Patnaik and YSRCP's Jagan Reddy who prefer to stay away from tie-ups. The formula of one opposition candidate to take on the BJP in each Lok Sabha seat is a far cry.

While winning Karnataka, the Congress failed to retain the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat in Punjab. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which failed to retain its Sangrur Lok Sabha seat soon after it swept to power in Punjab, won Jalandhar, thus consolidating its position in a state dominated by the Congress till now.

The Congress's performance in by-polls in Uttar Pradesh (in two seats it polled less than two per cent votes) Odisha and Meghalaya was dismal. The BJP's ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) won both UP seats; the Biju Janata Dal and the National People's Party retained their supremacy in Odisha and Meghalaya.

The BJP, while losing Karnataka, demonstrated its grip over Uttar Pradesh, with a sweeping victory in local body polls in India's largest state. Neither Narendra Modi nor Amit Shah spent any time in UP. The charisma and performance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath worked. The takeaway from UP is that Modi and Shah can rely on a strong state leader where one exists. Like Yogi Adityanath, Himanta Biswa Sarma in Assam has emerged as an election-winning face of the BJP. So state leaders like Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan and Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pradesh (both were contemporaries of Narendra Modi as chief ministers) may get leeway in elections in their states later this year.

The eclipse of BS Yediyurappa in Karnataka will linger in the minds of BJP strategists. Modi and Shah could not retrieve the ground lost by Basavaraj Bommai. They did help ensure that a possible rout was restricted to a defeat in Karnataka. The BJP may have to revisit the idea of experimenting with the likes of Jairam Thakur (Himachal Pradesh), Raghubar Das (Jharkhand), Manoharlal Khattar (Haryana) or Devendra Fadnavis (Maharashtra).

Paradropping leadership in a state, Congress-style, may not be the best template for a vibrant national party. A leader rising from the grassroots, the best example being Narendra Modi himself, is the desired leadership model.

For Mallikarjun Kharge, the Karnataka veteran who heads the Congress, the results are a boost. He displayed his reach among non-BJP opposition parties in meetings called by him as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha during the disrupted Budget session of parliament. Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar broke down while addressing the media as results poured in. Weeping, he recalled how Sonia Gandhi had visited him while he was jailed in Delhi's Tihar prison. (Sonia Gandhi's brief campaign in spite of her poor health also helped).

A review of the Congress win in Karnataka cannot overlook the campaign by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who copied the methodology of her grandmother while reaching out to women and youth voters. Her campaign, which highlighted the party's Five Guarantees -- Yuva Nidhi: Assistance; Anna Bhagya: Sustenance; Gruha Jyothi: Affordability; Uchita Prayana: Accessibility; Gruha Lakshmi: Empowerment - struck a chord. She emphasised that pledge would "deliver" the people of Karnataka from the pain the BJP's "40% Commission Sarkara" inflicted on them. Her campaigning method, which never went anywhere near Rahul Gandhi's troll-like campaigning, seemed more effective. After Karnataka, in a possible Congress reshuffle, Priyanka could get a more proactive role in the party.

(Shubhabrata Bhattacharya is a retired Editor and a public affairs commentator.)

Disclaimer: These are the personal opinions of the author.

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"Congress' Karnataka Win Will Not Impact BJP In 2024": Himanta Sarma

Senior BJP leader in the Northeast and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday said that Congress' win in Karnataka assembly polls will in no way affect BJP from returning to power for the third successive term at the Centre in 2024.

There is nothing new in Congress' win in Karnataka as it had been in power in the southern state before the 2014 general election when BJP came to power under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said.

Mr Sarma, who had campaigned extensively in Karnataka before the election, said that he had realised that BJP will not perform well in the state but its performance will in no way affect the party from returning to power at the Centre for the third successive term.

"The opposition is taking this win as a straw to hold on to in the ocean, but it will have no impact in the future," he said at the sidelines of a function at Bihaguri in Assam's Sonitpur district.

Assam Pradesh Congress President Bhupen Borah expressing happiness at the Karnataka poll outcome said, "The people of Assam will also show the BJP the door in the next elections". In a jibe at the BJP, he said, "The prime minister even after getting Gandhi removed from the Lok Sabha could not stop Congress from winning the polls in Karnataka".

Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha in March 2023 after a court convicted and sentenced him to prison for two years on the charge of criminal defamation for comments he made about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname.

Mr Borah told reporters that the BJP has lost in all constituencies where Sarma had campaigned. On the other hand, Congress has won in all the 22 constituencies where party leader Rahul Gandhi had addressed meetings during his 'Bharat Jodo' programme.

Members of the Assam Association in Bengaluru, whom Sarma had met during his campaign, had called him during the day and told him that they had voted for the Congress, he claimed.

The Assam Congress president said that he will visit Karnataka soon and meet the Assamese community there.

The Congress headquarters in Guwahati erupted in celebration as news of the party's win poured in and party workers burst crackers and distributed sweets.

There was, however, a scuffle between the police and a group of Congress workers outside the party headquarters when they tried to break a barricade to celebrate on the streets.

The situation was soon brought under control, a police official said.

The Congress has crossed the 113-seat mark in the Assembly elections, the majority required to form the government, in Karnataka for which counting of votes took place on Saturday. The election to the 224-member Assembly took place on Wednesday.

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"Intangible Impact": Congress Credits Karnataka Win To Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra

With Congress all set to assume power in politically-crucial Karnataka, the party on Saturday attributed the victory to Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi.

Congress won an absolute majority in Karnataka on Saturday with the party crossing the halfway mark of 113 seats in the 224-member assembly.

According to the latest trends of the Election Commission of India, Congress has won 126 seats and is leading in 10 more seats. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 60 seats and is leading on five others.
Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) has won 19 seats. Independents have won two seats while Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha and Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha have won one seat each.

The Congress maintained a lead from the morning when counting began for the assembly seats in the fiercely contested election.

Congress general secretary in-charge, Communications Jairam Ramesh said the result is a direct impact of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka, the intangible impact was unifying the party, revitalizing the cadre and shaping the narrative for the Karnataka elections.

"While this is the direct impact of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka, the intangible impact was uniting the party, reviving the cadre and shaping the narrative for the Karnataka elections. It was during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, from the many conversations Rahul Gandhi had with the people of Karnataka, that the guarantees and the promises in our manifesto were discussed and finalised," tweeted Jairam Ramesh.

He also said that people rejected BJP in Karnataka.

"The whole election campaign was about the issues of Karnataka. We did not make it a national election, we made this election for Vidhan Sabha. Congress' win is PM Modi's decisive defeat. This is because except for PM Modi, there was no other face. The issues we raised were related to the state. But BJP made the election campaign like a referendum for PM Modi. JP Nadda said that if you give a vote to Congress PM Modi's blessings will not be with you. The campaigning by PM Modi was totally rejected by the people of Karnataka," Jairam Ramesh told ANI.

The Congress put up a table comparing the party's performance in the 20 assembly constituencies covered during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

The list showed that the Congress, which had won 5 of these 20 seats in the 2018 Karnataka assembly elections, took a massive lead and led in 15 seats till 4 pm. The BJP, which had won nine out of 20 seats last in the last elections, was ahead in two. JDS, which bagged six seats in 2018, was leading in three.

Rahul Gandhi-led 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' entered Karnataka on September 30 last year. The Yatra covered 511 km in the state in over 20 days.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started in Kanyakumari on September 7 last year, concluded on January 30 in Srinagar after covering 3,970 km, 12 states, and two Union territories.

Karnataka went to the polls on May 10 for the 224-member state assembly and saw a record polling of 72.68 per cent. A party needs 113 seats to get the majority.

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