NEW DELHI: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has identified four areas where it needs to put in more effort to be able to meet its target of winning 150 of the 224 seats in the Karnataka assembly. The areas have been identified on the basis of feedback from senior leaders deputed to travel across the state to assess the preparations for the 2023 assembly elections.
The party will also project chief minister Basavaraj Bommai as the “face of the common man” in the state but his predecessor BS Yediyurappa will also have a key role because of his political heft and hold over Lingayats, who account for up to 17% of the electorate, said leaders aware of the details.
Earlier this month, the party set up three teams headed by Bommai, state unit president Nalin Kateel and Arun Singh, the national general secretary and in-charge of the state, to visit all assembly constituencies and meet workers to get an insight into the issues that will dominate the election and also assess the preparedness in areas considered as weak spots.
A functionary said the party will redouble efforts in Bengaluru Rural, which has 19 assembly seats and where it did not perform well in the last election. BJP has set a target of winning 13-15 seats in the region. It is also banking on the area’s Vokkaliga leadership.
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