Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai made it clear that the BJP was behind the development of Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi. (File photo/News18)
This was Bommai’s first visit to Keshav Kripa, the state headquarters of BJP’s ideological parent organization after the election results were declared on May 13.
Following the BJP’s debacle in the assembly polls, Karnataka’s outgoing Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday met Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders here and discussed the election results and how to organize the party for the future.
This was Bommai’s first visit to Keshav Kripa, the state headquarters of BJP’s ideological parent organization after the election results were declared on May 13.
“We have discussed the overall election results. We have also discussed how to organize the party under the guidance (of the RSS) in the days to come. Our state president (Nalin Kumar Kateel) and leadership will also discuss and after that we will discuss how to organize the party in the coming days.
In the May 10 elections to the 224-member assembly, the Congress won a landslide victory with 135 seats, while the ruling BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular) led by former prime minister HD Deve Gowda secured 66 and 19 seats, respectively.
Bommai on Sunday said that the Karnataka BJP has decided to conduct a detailed analysis of the overall election results and constituency-wise data to find out the reasons for the party’s electoral defeat.
Rejecting Congress’s claim that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s defeat, he said that several factors have contributed to the party’s performance and all of them will be analysed; A meeting of all the newly elected members and candidates will be called soon in this regard.
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