Comments by "Rutvik" (@rutvikrs) on "Karnataka में चुनाव जीतने के लिए BJP ने ध्रुवीकरण का आखिरी Trump card क्यों खेला" video.

  1. Yes. The narrative is mostly BS. 1. People forget Hindutva had a presence in Karnataka even before independence. North Karnataka had presence of RSS in the 20's, Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar of Mysore Kingdom (of IISc, HAL, Co funding BHU, First electrification project in India fame) was a founder member of VHP and its first president. Even the BJP won 18 seats in Karnataka in 1983 before the Lingayats made it their base party. 2. There is a huge rise in social consciousness of Hindutva particularly after the Tippu Jayanti fiasco. While money definitely played a part in "Operation Lotus", a majority of the people who jumped ship from Congress and JD(S) to BJP were pro Hindu section of Congress who belonged to the Lingayats, middle and lower castes. 3. The movement has consolidated support to the point, that the JD(S), a caste party has a massive chunk of its youth supporting the BJP. The elders vote JD(S) and the young vary between "JDs for the district, BJP for the center" to a complete switch over. 4. Most of the political switch is largely due to the insistence of Congress to be pro minorities. Socially, Karnataka is Hindutva heartland. That is why you see the likes of Vikram Sampath, Amit Malviya and Nalin Kumar Kateel.
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  2. BJP will remain the largest party but not clear if they can get power by themselves. If they fall short or have to do an alliance, they are in trouble long term. They can't work on corruption till they get majority because the MLAs who join them do it for money and demand corruption. People crying 40% government don't seem to recall it was 80% before and how are least 8 MLAs earned as declared wealt of 200+ cr without an inheritance or business.
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  3. Good job. They turned it into "Woke- linga" 🤢
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  4. Exactly 😂. Even the Christians were turned off by the Tipu worship to the point they switched over to the BJP.
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  5.  @account2834  1. I honestly think you are catastrophising and using hyperbole when you say BJP is done. People have indeed forgotten the number of middle/lower income individuals who entered politics through Congress and JD(S) and exited as millionaires in dollar valuations. BJP has not created any such individuals. DK Shi is on the spotlight because he is active, what about the Sait family, Shariff family, KJ George and the likes? 2. BJP won't be able to fight on corruption till they are in absolute majority because they rely on the ex Congress/JD(S) members who derive value with such practices. There needs to be two or three cycles of purging after taking away their electoral base. They seem to have successfully completed the partial transfer of votes with the Mining barons Reddy family. They need to do this with a few individuals in the current party. 3. The polarisation is coming from the other side. Every instance be it the hijab case, Srirangapatna temple or banning vendors from Hindu jatras came in the context of a local issue.
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  6. ​​ @hawkingdawking4572  it will happen in the course of time. It's nativised but largely a quirk of English spelling. Personally, I think it should be "Ovkalliga" otherwise it will be read "oh-ka-liga"
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