BJP will win in Karnataka too: CM Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai: A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) victory at the polls in the north-eastern states, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the party will register a victory in poll-bound Karnataka as well.

Mr Fadnavis said the BJP secured nearly half of the total vote share in Tripura, Nagaland, and Meghalaya, which shows that voters are increasingly favouring the saffron party. “The BJP has not only won the elections but it has secured 49 to 50 per cent votes in the three north-east states. It shows the mandate is inclined towards the BJP. The poll outcome is also a boost for the forthcoming assembly polls in Karnataka,” he told reporters at the state party office. The BJP won Tripura and is believed to be in the reckoning to form governments with alliance partners in Nagaland and Meghalaya.

Analysing the poll outcome, Mr Fadnavis said the BJP did not win the elections because of some vote division, but due to the people's trust in Prime Minister.