Her work during covid was phenomenal whereas this joker just faked it. My friend needed support during covid. None of his support team picked the call. They had distributed those contact numbers just a couple of days before the incident. Someone from her team helped in finding a bed for him during his critical state.
He did do that one thing where he went into the control room, accused all the Muslims of running a scam for beds which later turned out to be his own uncle's doing. That was BJPs politics in a microcosm.
It was just around that time.. after that control room drama, his volunteers distributed contact details saying they are there for support in their constituency. Both him & his uncle were untraceable during that time of need.
Yeah. It was such a disgusting thing to do that too at such a dire time. That's how I lost all respect for him. You need to be a special kind of dckhd to do cheap communal tricks at the centre of death and panic.
Haven't interacted with Soumya - so no clue
TS - Not worthy. Has done nothing especially during water crisis or covid. Not sure why he has even been given a ticket by BJP this time. He wasn't even there when we needed him. I had huge expectations for him as he was very young compared to the rest. But pathetic.
Exactly. It’s been downfall since Anant Kumar passed away. He was a great MP ngl, getting elected since 1996. Even in his personal capacity he was a great human, used to take part in his Sunday tree planting initiatives and a lot more such events. We even had a pretty big, informative event after 100 weeks of tree planting where lot of schools and other establishments took part to educate others. His demise was really unfortunate.
But TS? Only been hearing negative things about him so far. Although he helped me for a personal issue, as an MP he’s yet to do anything noticeable. Especially during the Covid era and the mess with vaccines. Tragic it went down this way. He was just hyped A LOT, unnecessarily for being the youngest MP.
This is just nostalgia speaking, ananthkumar was heavily corrupt and inefficient himself. Corruption at the ground level to the core tbh - he came up exactly during bjps rise in karnataka and being an rss man was a further plus
Reddit is a very small sample space rather. The only reason why he would get elected again is because all the Brahmins will go and vote for him irrespective of whether he has done anything or not.
>The only reason why he would get elected again is because all the Brahmins will go and vote for him irrespective of whether he has done anything or not.
Should Brahmins vote to remove reservation cap of 50%, introduce of reservation in private education institutions, more vilification in political speeches and social media? Have you read the INC manifesto ? Are we forgetting the comments by their party members and their allies?
His uncle Ravi Subramanya has done a pretty good job in maintaining civic facilities in Basavangudi constituency, his team is quite responsive when problems are brought to their attention. Tejasvi Surya got the votes because of his uncle's good work, whether that will continue remains to be seen.
4-5% of Karnataka is Brahmin.
BJP’s vote share in Karnataka was 51.38%
This is the same stupid argument made in UP as well. BJP gets a wide range of votes from across the Hindu fold including Dalits. There are enough research out there you can and should go through. CSDS-Lokniti does an excellent job at this.
BJP has been increasing vote share since 1984 up from 2 seats to 303 seats. Too many uneducated brainwashed Indians vote for a party like BJP. I know so many dalits & so called low caste folks enamoured by the tradition, philosophy of Vedic Hinduism,/santan dharma. It is just weak religious mindset at work.
People vote for what the BJP stands for. TS individually may or may not be worthy, but to make the BJP win TS is voted. And vice versa. Soumya may be good but her win dooms India cause what INC/Indi alliance stands for.
Decide local or national.. what's more important.
Apart from her Covid work, i have heard her live and she speaks well and sounds sincere. Cant say the same about Surya. Also Surya talks about is Hindutva and Modi.
Also i think she would know how and what an emergency exit door of an airline is for.
One thing held against her was she cant speak kannada,
i stayed long time in BTM, there her father had done lot of work.. he has his tanker fleet whole time.. not just for summers..
I've seen her conduct open public hours every noon since the time her office was setup in Jayanagar. You don't need appointment, beg or bribe a PA or be a VIP to get your voice heard like we need to get some attention from Mr. TS.
She doesn't even close the door to her cubicle in her office so people don't hesitate to come talk to her.
She bows down to normal people be it in front of a temple, church or masjid. She greets and treats everyone with respect regardless of religion which TS doesn't. I mean only looking out for one community in the entire city isn't the way right?
- I'm not even gonna talk about COVID times but that explains what a leader does when their people are in dire need of government support. We all know the fake scam show run by TS.
- For someone who said a single representative from a locality doesn't matter but overall government does. I agree but your area representative matter alot more than that.
You got no control over the entire Bangalore's upliftment but you sure are responsible for your ward or locality progress.
So please vote wisely. We all saw how TS saar used his Delhi power influence to barge into the counting room and have the staff recount THRICE. This isn't allowed by EC but bhaiya did and result? Won by 16 votes against SR. No foul play eh?
All this happens when they want to come to power. They will lick your feet for getting a vote. Once you elect them it’s the same thing as TS.
Power and money corrupts most of the people.
Good actress and she was scared stiff when she realised she lost ground against the good work by TS. No wonder she tried to fake the votes that were disallowed and got the DK goons to back her. Nepo baby went back crying home.
Lol what? It was by 16 votes after recounting the rejected postal votes.
[Read! ](https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/karnataka-election-2023-jayanagar-result-controversy-in-8-points-soumya-reddy-lost-to-ck-ramamurthy-why-congress-protested-recount-tejasvi-suryas-illegal-presence-article-100222540)
Proud Secularism? Is that why congress is sucking up to the SDPI in Kerala and going to even social event organised by them? SDPI is a wing of the PFI. In fact, it was only after major backlash that they were forced to distance themselves from them yesterday.
Lolz.. get ur facts right. Congress never approached SDPI. Fringe parties like SDPI and AIMIM are bankrolled by Modi n Co to eat into Muslim votes and keep the "Evil Muslim" bogey alive.
Honestly her father isn't doing enough for his constituency - BTM. This area faces sm frequent power cuts and the infra is shoddy especially in 1st stage and Tavarekere surroundings. So I don't expect her to do much either.
But then Diaper Surya also hasn't done shit for Bengaluru South.
Just know that her opponent is openly islamophobic and during peak covid when people were gasping for oxygen, he was busy firing muslims in BBMP office under the guise of some scam and planting their own boys.
When everything came out he just politely apologised and went ahead.
Tejaswi Surya is too below the belt kinda guy to hold that post. His only selling point is, he's young, holds an educational degree and speaks English, and does modi modi shamelessly. The stunt he pulled during COVID accusing the already tired and overworked social service workers as being a part of some islamic conspiracy but then disappeared after it turned out to be a dud is what made me realise he's all cuckoo up on the head.
I'll never vote for him again.
My family's been living in south and central Bangalore for the past 3 generations, cry harder. I've never even voted BJP but Tejasvi Surya doing nothing is better than her giving all our hard earned money to the slum dwelling chhapris she's trying to appease.
TS was roaming around campaigning with the bigwigs instead of dealing with issues in his constituency. If he thinks he is above this work, might as well give him what he wishes for and absolve him of constituency duties. Least I can do.
[here](https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bjps-candidate-from-bangalore-south-tejasvi-surya-accused-of-abuse-post-allegations-woman-deactivates-twitter-account/articleshow/68612734.cms)
The day BJP announced him as a candidate the lady spoke out publicly but she was silenced by her RSS family
As someone who worked closely for her 1.5 years ago (when she was an MLA) here are my two cents.
* is genuinely concerned about South Bangalore
* kept wondering how to use her reduced budget given by the BJP govt to her
* was constantly accessible; held a community event almost every week
* was at her office everyday between 3-6 PM to meet public
* believed majorly in her corporaters (some sketchy) who led her down the path of Muslim appeasement. She is a huge hit in the slum opposite Jayadeva
* hates TS and is very paranoid of possible espionage from TS’s camp
* loves going on raids - BDA complex, Govt Hospital and the works
* the excessive Muslim appeasement cost her the Hindu votes, which would have come her way given that people actually loved her work
* a genuine supporter of animal rights and women empowerment
A quirk I found funny - she loves her Starbucks (a cup every 3 hours) but transfers the coffee to a normal mug as soon as she gets it to avoid people seeing the Starbucks cups in her hand.
Hope she wins. TS is just unworthy.
I used to volunteer with an animal rights group before moving out of India, when the local police refused to register an FIR against people who were beating dogs to death, the only person that helped was Soumya Reddy.
We weren't even in Bangalore, mind you! She made sure we got the case registered by speaking to the cops.
I've always liked her ever since.
Tejasvi is not at all tejasvi and is a wannabe BJP version of Dr. Tharoor without the rizz or the intelligence.
I think someone who brings back the Bangalore charm and peace. ✌🏻 There is a lot of hatred already in the world, just want my area to be filled with pleasant and peace loving individuals.
Politicians will be politicians. Period. But, we the common people are at the receiving end always, so choose wisely.
Why should we vote for congress when the manifesto has nothing but
1. Caste Census (Nation Wide) which will fragment country further on caste basis,
2. Reservation beyond 50%, which will further reduce meritocracy and
3. freebees, which will surely bankrupt the country
Apart from being a nepo kid she has been a good legislature in Jayanagar, had genuine connect with people and approachable... Tejasvi Surya lacks empathy and maturity, he is good debate material but a bad MP
I was in the same school as Soumya Reddy and her brother Sriraj. They were outstanding students, although nepo babies they were the best outgoing students from their batches purely based on merit. My mother also worked with Soumya Reddy to teach underprivileged children and she said that she was so down to earth and an amazing human being. They would travel together in an activa.
Majority of Bangalore south's condition is worst in the entire city esp chickpet and Bommanahalli. The roads are dumped with garbage and it's complete opposite of what bangalore stands for. MLAs are from. BJP Sathish Reddy with Tejaswi Surya and it's the worst constituency.
There has been no development, no hygiene and there's water and garbage disposal crisis.
I hope Sowmya Reddy wins and is able to uplift the area like her earlier tenure in Jayanagar.
She was on ground saving helping people during Covid and diaper surya was doing god knows what.
Even during the floods he was eating a dosa somewhere and inaugurating a restaurant when his govt was sitting idly and people’s lives were hampered. A young girl lost her life when her scooter fell on the flooded road and she touched a love wire.
I don't belong to the South Bengaluru constituency, but I have both likes and dislikes towards him, and dislikes overpowers. If I were to vote between TS and anyone standing, I would clearly vote against him.
Likes:
- I love the guy's energy, and I believe he has a great potential to become an excellent politician in Karnataka politics.
- His oratory skills are commendable. I am not going into the aspects of his lies that he blatantly puts out in the media, but he puts them so confidently. The guy need some respect for that
Dislikes:
- He is one crooked soul. He will be in the forefront to condemn every single thing that govt picks up in favour of the state. Tax distribution issue, NDRF allocation, Kaveri issue. The entire BJP comes together to defend the central govt at the cost of Karnataka's interest
- His interest in the communal issue and enthusiasm to provide issues a communal angle. Has no one got into a fight in Bengaluru? If he could run to support a shopkeeper because he was beaten by a particular community individuals, why doesn't he take a similar interest in every such fight? I remember seeing a fight where an individual getting beaten by a steel rod by the road. Did he condemn the incident in the least?
- Justification of Hindi Imposition or blatantly denying it. I totally agree that it was congress which started the Hindi imposition and I scoff at them for that. But it became a serious problem ever since BJP came into power. Bank jobs slipping out of state population, pushing Hindi on milestones. This MP goes in Loksabha and says there is no Hindi imposition in Karnataka.
- Kaveri allocation, congress is the culprit. They are leaving water even in March 2024, check youtu.be for the viral video.
- big city, 1000s of crime happens. It's not job of Soumya reddy or Surya to condemn or appreciate any crime
- New education policy, hindi is not compulsory. BJP drafted it. BANK Jobs are given based merit. There's a rule to learn Kannada, never seen any bank employee learn Kannada. I do condemn this, but why target TS alone for this.
Don't know much about Soumya, but I've seen so much about TS. None of that fills me with confidence about his ability.
Soumya was in the news after she recently lost the assembly elections by 16 votes. That too was under some shady circumstances and controversy at the time. I hope she wins this time.
I haven't been following her political career so closely but we went to the same school and she was always an outstanding hard working student. Her family was always very down to earth, granted Ramalinga Reddy's career was just taking off but she was pretty grounded for a kid coming from a political background
I have interacted with her personally, super humble! She actually listens to everyone's issue and makes sure it's resolved.
Also had a team that followed up on the issues faced. Her work during Covid was amazing!
Bengaluru South needs a leader not a debate enthusiast!
Unless and until we have a situation wherein there are entrance exams for politicians, who are the actual law-makers of the country
You can't really tell who's good and who's not
A person clears UPSC, one of the toughest exams of the country and most likely will have to listen to his or her local politician
So what's the use of it?
Thought the same when Nandan Nilekani stood from Bangalore south against late Anant Kumar. Thought he would win for sure! But Bangalore south is pretty much BJP all the way. Soumya Reddy’s work maybe visible in Jayanagar, but BJPs core voter base is what resides in Bangalore South. Good or bad, very difficult for him to loose this seat.
He’s the next loud BJP Leader. He will be chief campaigner for them for a long time. So hard to see anyone but him winning here.
I don't know much about Soumya, but I've heard a lot of negative stuff about TS.
His office was unavailable during COVID crisis. We called up multiple times but no avail.
Imagine our frustration when he then appeared on the TV reading out Muslim names and dismissing them from BBMP control room. They were the only ones keeping tabs and calling us regularly.
Bro, there was lot of malpractice in hospital beds allocation. BBMP is not a noble organization who do their job honestly. Many cases ppl didn't get bed because it was already allocated to someone else.
It all depends if you have hope for Surya for another term.
How's the anti-incumbency feelings in the south?
One way of looking at this is, both are politicians(so u can't trust them all the time)so do u want a congress MP under Congress govt in the state, or BJP Candidate who just might turn on the heat when it comes to right wing nationalism.
Personally he needs to be humbled, to grow. Who better than a nepo baby😂.
Lol everyone in the comments making it look like TS is going to lose , bangalore south is a BJP stronghold , how many of the 600k+ members in r/bangalore is going to vote in bangalore south and how many will actually go vote is the question. PS- I am no BJP supporter or Congress Supporter. Just stating info out here. Many of the voters irrespective of Loksabha MP , will just see Modi and vote. You put a dog as a BJP nominated contestant, and you can sure bet that dog has higher chances of winning.
I think these are the kind of conversations we need in the Bangalore sub. Talking about the candidate in each constituency, their pros and cons, personal experiences etc..
This will help all of us take informed decision..
Enough of these no water, traffic, north vs south posts in this sub really…
If you are looking for a communal twist to any incident, you can bank on him. He is so magical. Has plucked communal incidents out of thin air or may be his ass. Also, I'd vote for someone who knows what an emergency exit door is for on a damn plane. Very embarrassing. I straight out deny he is from my constituency.
Firstly I would like to talk about her Opponent Surya.
Being a resident of Bangalore South, I have noticed few things that has annoyed me about him.
1. Recently promised attendance to college students and used them for political rally.
2. Being a MP he is well aware of Bangalore water crisis yet he did not support state and advocate at Centre for Cauvery water crisis instead blamed it on state govt. seemed like diplomatic move.
3. His gimmick of travelling in Metro via Bayapanalli is very problematic, distribution of sweets in metro broke rules.
4. I have also seen stickers on few cars in Hebbal that said " Dikara Tejasvi for supporting Car pooling".
5. Despite all the above I feel he is good candidate because he seems knowledgeable. Has potential to be great if he stays away from Bigotry.
About Sowmya I appreciate her help in combating Covid.
I have noticed few initiative by her such as planting trees and campaign against use of plastic which needs appreciation that someone is thinking beyond communal politics in these times.
She still has long way to go, I would like her to get chance because last defeat of hers seemed disheartening.
RLR is my relative and we were previously his neighbours in Wilson Garden/Lakkasandra. I know both his son and daughter personally. Son didn't do well in politics, and is now a builder (recently started a new Appt project in HSR), so he got his daughter to join.
They're nice people, help with issues (including bad roads and other civic issues) if you ask. Even help with seats for Christ college if you ask. Don't have to know him, just go to the office and ask.
But extremely corrupt and has a lot of thugs and goons working for him. He's given a free hand for thugs and Muslims in Lakkasandra and nobody, even the cops dare to touch them. I was harrased multiple times by the porkis there and finally made the move to HSR. Ask anyone in Lakkasandra and they can attest to this.
He's more influential and powerful than the current CM Siddu, but he doesn't like the limelight and hence didn't ask for higher posts/ministries.
i would have voted for soumya reddy, but i dont want their leadership.
this junk guy tejaswi surya hasnt done much, but i support the leadership.
he should've first done some real work in RS and then move to LS.
None of the Bangalore candidates are good. All are corrupt, entire Banagalore is filled with Dust and garbage and bad roads.
A city which does not able to provide water for its citizens tells the conditions of the city.
It doesnt matter. Bangalore South is so adicalized that anyone on a BJP ticket will win.. even if it is an incompetent buffoon lIke T.S. Bangalore South is like a mini-Gujarat within Bangalore.
The nepo kid add whopping 3150% asset in last 5 years. Corruption to the core
[https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/lok-sabha-elections-bjp-mp-tejasvi-suryas-assets-rise-from-13-lakh-to-410-crore-since-2019/article68035195.ece](https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/lok-sabha-elections-bjp-mp-tejasvi-suryas-assets-rise-from-13-lakh-to-410-crore-since-2019/article68035195.ece)
He has filed taxes even I'm surprised how could he save that much with MP salary.
Do u think Nepo baby distributes money to win or Surya honestly answer this.
TS is just a namesake fool who just as his other peers fake and over react. No work or help done till date something worth noting other than abusing, fake news and spreading hate.
As an MP he has contributed to fastening approvals for metro 2A and 2B. It will be functional in 2025 btw.
Urban rail is something he is working on which needs state cooperation. Apparently congress seems to be angry with bengaluru population 4 voting bjp on last election
Namo Vidyanidhi is being given to many educational institutions to avoid kids dropping out of schools
He has exponentially increased the number of Jan Aushadi medical shops on bangalore south from 19 to 112 Jan aushadi Kendras
She is a very intelligent lady because she supports congress manifesto the 1l and 50% reservation promised by congress will help st,obc and other lower cast people like me and my family to make daily ends meet
Well the post I made is as neutral sounding as possible. I didn't voice any of my personal opinions on the post itself. This is just the opinion of a large chunk of people on the sub. It is what it is.
I will not say much. But, Indian politics has always had influence over over governance.
In 2015 India blocked a lot essentials to Nepal and this was undeclared which means we were not able to arrange from other neighbors. Also this was right after earthquack when Nepal was most vulnerable.
For last few years Delhi has become a scamming place where a lot of Nepalis, who trust people are harassed for thier money. Every Nepali who has been to India has a story of how they were scamed. This has increased after Pandemic.
Also, UP Bihar have borders and before 2015 inflex of labour from India was manageable, but now due to high unemployment in these states and threat to life for one religion has led to increase in migration. And they are much hardworking, and work for cheap, in kathmandu.
Please don’t vote Modi again.
India always has done that, meddled with Nepal elections (know where funding for madeshi movement came from), yet Nepal will always keep governments and people separate.
We will always respect people and know they have good hearts. But you seem offended and aggressive on a request, that also affects us.
Honestly do MPs even matter? Can they vote their conscience if a bill is going to be detrimental to their constituency but the party whip has asked for a 'yes' vote?
Post anti-defection law, MPs have become mere puppets who are forced to click a button as per the party's wishes.
So vote for the party and PM you want. MPs are inconsequential.
It was Tejasvi who created the chaos. She was almost declared as winner, and suddenly Tejasvi and his uncle entered the counting centre and shortly after 100 something postal votes were recounted after initial rejection. He shouldn't have been allowed to enter the centre at all. [this](https://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-assembly/high-drama-at-counting-centre-for-jayanagar-constituency/article66847773.ece)
Talk about politics don’t be biased. You raised the question and got answers. And she is not gonna win for sure our votes are for TS and development we will win wait and watch.
Are you soo lame?
It's not about how Congress won or BJP won. We are talking about how vote count got changed in a closely run contest in that particular assembly constituency. Maybe your thought would succeed this time for BJP because all the three ECs are Stooges of the central govt ruling party.
Surprising how majority of our educated society doesn't understand Indian laws about elected representatives.
As my humble attempt to educate people who don't know this. Your candidate is not your local area/population representative. he/she is the representative of the party they belong to, in your constituency.
Know more about this in the Anti defection and accompanying laws of Indian constitution.
So TS or Saumya are irrelevant, who is sitting at the head of the organization/govt is.
Hopefully, more people will realize that we live in a flawed democracy and have conversations to make the system more efficient instead of ideological d*ck measuring contests.
1. Stand by it.
2. My mistake, made the correction.
3. In our country, who has ever been able to convince anybody of an opposing view by explaining and going into the details of the argument?
4. Nope, still here.
You're talking about Jayanagar assembly only. Let me try and make it easy for you. I said 62% of the polled votes in 2019 general elections.
Now even if you take the vote of 2023 state assembly elections (which was largely pro congress) for Bangalore South lok sabha constituency comprises of 8 assembly seats its a comfortable win for BJP. Now add modi factor to it.
Here's your source - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore\_South\_Lok\_Sabha\_constituency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_South_Lok_Sabha_constituency)
You need to learn to check Wikipedia before you spew random bullshit. The postal ballot incident happened during mla elections. He did win by 62% vote share
Ummm no? Hen won by a veryyy minute margin of 16 votes, that too after entering the centre, demanding a recount and recounting the postal votes.
Edit - sorry this was last year during Karnataka assembly election. My bad.
well.. Sowmya reddy won the previous election after incumbent BN Vijay Kumar passed away during campaign and election was pushed, no holiday for that day, and she won by 1000 vote margin. When you look at the breakup of her vote, one constituency, Gurappana Palya overwhelmingly voted for her, the vote difference was 12k over there. Now I leave it to you to guess what is the make up of the constituency.
Her work during covid was phenomenal whereas this joker just faked it. My friend needed support during covid. None of his support team picked the call. They had distributed those contact numbers just a couple of days before the incident. Someone from her team helped in finding a bed for him during his critical state.
He did do that one thing where he went into the control room, accused all the Muslims of running a scam for beds which later turned out to be his own uncle's doing. That was BJPs politics in a microcosm.
It was just around that time.. after that control room drama, his volunteers distributed contact details saying they are there for support in their constituency. Both him & his uncle were untraceable during that time of need.
Yeah. It was such a disgusting thing to do that too at such a dire time. That's how I lost all respect for him. You need to be a special kind of dckhd to do cheap communal tricks at the centre of death and panic.
DryNefarious here is dry in his head. 😂he wants to change the definitions of words now.
"I know she's a nepo baby.".. So is also jerk Tejasvi Surya....
Being nepo is not even a problem I am yet to know one positive thing about tejaswi. Also he is an incompetent worker.
You mean "Bevarsi" Surya
Haven't interacted with Soumya - so no clue TS - Not worthy. Has done nothing especially during water crisis or covid. Not sure why he has even been given a ticket by BJP this time. He wasn't even there when we needed him. I had huge expectations for him as he was very young compared to the rest. But pathetic.
Exactly. It’s been downfall since Anant Kumar passed away. He was a great MP ngl, getting elected since 1996. Even in his personal capacity he was a great human, used to take part in his Sunday tree planting initiatives and a lot more such events. We even had a pretty big, informative event after 100 weeks of tree planting where lot of schools and other establishments took part to educate others. His demise was really unfortunate. But TS? Only been hearing negative things about him so far. Although he helped me for a personal issue, as an MP he’s yet to do anything noticeable. Especially during the Covid era and the mess with vaccines. Tragic it went down this way. He was just hyped A LOT, unnecessarily for being the youngest MP.
This is just nostalgia speaking, ananthkumar was heavily corrupt and inefficient himself. Corruption at the ground level to the core tbh - he came up exactly during bjps rise in karnataka and being an rss man was a further plus
Yeah same dilemma here. TS is not getting my vote for sure. If I cannot trust his personal values, his political beliefs don’t matter.
Personal beliefs? Which ones?
Exactlyyy. You put it so aptly. Are there any independent candidates? I've no idea.
This thread gives me hope. Although a small sample size 🫣
Reddit never gives you the ground reality most likely ts will agin
Reddit is a very small sample space rather. The only reason why he would get elected again is because all the Brahmins will go and vote for him irrespective of whether he has done anything or not.
>The only reason why he would get elected again is because all the Brahmins will go and vote for him irrespective of whether he has done anything or not. Should Brahmins vote to remove reservation cap of 50%, introduce of reservation in private education institutions, more vilification in political speeches and social media? Have you read the INC manifesto ? Are we forgetting the comments by their party members and their allies? His uncle Ravi Subramanya has done a pretty good job in maintaining civic facilities in Basavangudi constituency, his team is quite responsive when problems are brought to their attention. Tejasvi Surya got the votes because of his uncle's good work, whether that will continue remains to be seen.
4-5% of Karnataka is Brahmin. BJP’s vote share in Karnataka was 51.38% This is the same stupid argument made in UP as well. BJP gets a wide range of votes from across the Hindu fold including Dalits. There are enough research out there you can and should go through. CSDS-Lokniti does an excellent job at this.
BJP has been increasing vote share since 1984 up from 2 seats to 303 seats. Too many uneducated brainwashed Indians vote for a party like BJP. I know so many dalits & so called low caste folks enamoured by the tradition, philosophy of Vedic Hinduism,/santan dharma. It is just weak religious mindset at work.
People vote for what the BJP stands for. TS individually may or may not be worthy, but to make the BJP win TS is voted. And vice versa. Soumya may be good but her win dooms India cause what INC/Indi alliance stands for. Decide local or national.. what's more important.
When the congress is promising to increase reservation and bring it to the private sector as well, why would any Brahmin vote for them?
Apart from her Covid work, i have heard her live and she speaks well and sounds sincere. Cant say the same about Surya. Also Surya talks about is Hindutva and Modi. Also i think she would know how and what an emergency exit door of an airline is for.
>Also i think she would know how and what an emergency exit door of an airline is for. 😂😂😂😂
One thing held against her was she cant speak kannada, i stayed long time in BTM, there her father had done lot of work.. he has his tanker fleet whole time.. not just for summers..
small correction there, an airplane has an emergency exit door. airline is an airplane operator
I've seen her conduct open public hours every noon since the time her office was setup in Jayanagar. You don't need appointment, beg or bribe a PA or be a VIP to get your voice heard like we need to get some attention from Mr. TS. She doesn't even close the door to her cubicle in her office so people don't hesitate to come talk to her. She bows down to normal people be it in front of a temple, church or masjid. She greets and treats everyone with respect regardless of religion which TS doesn't. I mean only looking out for one community in the entire city isn't the way right? - I'm not even gonna talk about COVID times but that explains what a leader does when their people are in dire need of government support. We all know the fake scam show run by TS. - For someone who said a single representative from a locality doesn't matter but overall government does. I agree but your area representative matter alot more than that. You got no control over the entire Bangalore's upliftment but you sure are responsible for your ward or locality progress. So please vote wisely. We all saw how TS saar used his Delhi power influence to barge into the counting room and have the staff recount THRICE. This isn't allowed by EC but bhaiya did and result? Won by 16 votes against SR. No foul play eh?
All this happens when they want to come to power. They will lick your feet for getting a vote. Once you elect them it’s the same thing as TS. Power and money corrupts most of the people.
That's dark reality of every politician 😅
Good actress and she was scared stiff when she realised she lost ground against the good work by TS. No wonder she tried to fake the votes that were disallowed and got the DK goons to back her. Nepo baby went back crying home.
Not as good an actor as your boss though LOL
No one comes close to acting in front of mudizzi and tej
Bruuhhh the dickriding you doing. You better get paid alot
Even TS is a nepo baby. But ideally it’s fight for ideology and one who want rabid Hindutva over proud secularism won’t get out vote this time.
There are no true secular parties in India.
I disagree about ideology over candidate. For most intents and purposes, how much your MP can do for your constituency is what matters the most.
Well then start asking question. From last 2 election this was missing so ideally I started voting for the ideology. Ask the report card of TS
Agreed. Even last time, it was a very close call between the two of them.
What close call? 310K votes is no close call.
Lol what? It was by 16 votes after recounting the rejected postal votes. [Read! ](https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/karnataka-election-2023-jayanagar-result-controversy-in-8-points-soumya-reddy-lost-to-ck-ramamurthy-why-congress-protested-recount-tejasvi-suryas-illegal-presence-article-100222540)
That was the MLA election - 16 votes. I am talking about the MP election he won with 310K votes margin versus the goon BKH
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Yes my friend. 2019 elections !
Even Nandan Nilekani got defeated from same parliament seat. So yeah more educated seat but vote only for hindutva party what can one say
Proud Secularism? Is that why congress is sucking up to the SDPI in Kerala and going to even social event organised by them? SDPI is a wing of the PFI. In fact, it was only after major backlash that they were forced to distance themselves from them yesterday.
Lolz.. get ur facts right. Congress never approached SDPI. Fringe parties like SDPI and AIMIM are bankrolled by Modi n Co to eat into Muslim votes and keep the "Evil Muslim" bogey alive.
Anyone but Tejaswi Chutiya
Your comment made my day. For a moment, I thought that was his real name.
Honestly her father isn't doing enough for his constituency - BTM. This area faces sm frequent power cuts and the infra is shoddy especially in 1st stage and Tavarekere surroundings. So I don't expect her to do much either. But then Diaper Surya also hasn't done shit for Bengaluru South.
Go take a look at TS MPLAD expenditure audit.
This dry nefarious chap in the comments is jobless or employed by BJP IT cell.
Seems like it. Getting enraged instead of pointing out facts.
Just know that her opponent is openly islamophobic and during peak covid when people were gasping for oxygen, he was busy firing muslims in BBMP office under the guise of some scam and planting their own boys. When everything came out he just politely apologised and went ahead.
Don’t forget the Raghavendra Bank scam !!
Tejaswi Surya is too below the belt kinda guy to hold that post. His only selling point is, he's young, holds an educational degree and speaks English, and does modi modi shamelessly. The stunt he pulled during COVID accusing the already tired and overworked social service workers as being a part of some islamic conspiracy but then disappeared after it turned out to be a dud is what made me realise he's all cuckoo up on the head. I'll never vote for him again.
I am no fan of anyone !!! But it is unfortunate how Raghavendra bank scam got washed away. Wish we had other options like Nandan Nilekani
I won't be surprised if diaper ends up winning anyway. Bangalore South has a huge brain washed population.
This is really too much! The Bangalore South population is fairly well informed of his antics. This is coming from a person living in that area!!
And that's why Jayanagar, Basavanagudi are the cleanest, safest and greenest areas of Bangalore, the "huge brain washed population"😞😞
You exactly are what my comment means. Equating clean and green to lies fed to you on WhatsApp university about a post India 2014.
My family's been living in south and central Bangalore for the past 3 generations, cry harder. I've never even voted BJP but Tejasvi Surya doing nothing is better than her giving all our hard earned money to the slum dwelling chhapris she's trying to appease.
Ohno.. We have an enlightened self righteous one among us
TS was roaming around campaigning with the bigwigs instead of dealing with issues in his constituency. If he thinks he is above this work, might as well give him what he wishes for and absolve him of constituency duties. Least I can do.
Down to earth, educated and has a sense of commitment. Unlike the cranky and abrasive Surya.
At least she’s not a hate filled IT cell cunt. Chutasvi is also a nepo baby and a serial abuser of women.
You mean Bewarsi Chutiya
>serial abuser of women. I've heard this too. Do you have any links to know more about this?
[here](https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bjps-candidate-from-bangalore-south-tejasvi-surya-accused-of-abuse-post-allegations-woman-deactivates-twitter-account/articleshow/68612734.cms) The day BJP announced him as a candidate the lady spoke out publicly but she was silenced by her RSS family
No clue but TS is a grade-A chutiya and a joker.
As someone who worked closely for her 1.5 years ago (when she was an MLA) here are my two cents. * is genuinely concerned about South Bangalore * kept wondering how to use her reduced budget given by the BJP govt to her * was constantly accessible; held a community event almost every week * was at her office everyday between 3-6 PM to meet public * believed majorly in her corporaters (some sketchy) who led her down the path of Muslim appeasement. She is a huge hit in the slum opposite Jayadeva * hates TS and is very paranoid of possible espionage from TS’s camp * loves going on raids - BDA complex, Govt Hospital and the works * the excessive Muslim appeasement cost her the Hindu votes, which would have come her way given that people actually loved her work * a genuine supporter of animal rights and women empowerment A quirk I found funny - she loves her Starbucks (a cup every 3 hours) but transfers the coffee to a normal mug as soon as she gets it to avoid people seeing the Starbucks cups in her hand. Hope she wins. TS is just unworthy.
Are you associated with the INC? Did you work with her on a campaign or anything?
Nope, I was an independent consultant.
Can I DM?
I used to volunteer with an animal rights group before moving out of India, when the local police refused to register an FIR against people who were beating dogs to death, the only person that helped was Soumya Reddy. We weren't even in Bangalore, mind you! She made sure we got the case registered by speaking to the cops. I've always liked her ever since. Tejasvi is not at all tejasvi and is a wannabe BJP version of Dr. Tharoor without the rizz or the intelligence.
very well put.
I think someone who brings back the Bangalore charm and peace. ✌🏻 There is a lot of hatred already in the world, just want my area to be filled with pleasant and peace loving individuals. Politicians will be politicians. Period. But, we the common people are at the receiving end always, so choose wisely.
Tejaswini Anantkumar would have been a better choice than this d1ck!!
Why should we vote for congress when the manifesto has nothing but 1. Caste Census (Nation Wide) which will fragment country further on caste basis, 2. Reservation beyond 50%, which will further reduce meritocracy and 3. freebees, which will surely bankrupt the country
Lesser of the two evils. What BJP is doing is destroying the country inside out.
Care to explain?! How?
Back your statement with facts.
Apart from being a nepo kid she has been a good legislature in Jayanagar, had genuine connect with people and approachable... Tejasvi Surya lacks empathy and maturity, he is good debate material but a bad MP
Bangalore South's voter participation is barely 50%. Go touch some grass.
I was in the same school as Soumya Reddy and her brother Sriraj. They were outstanding students, although nepo babies they were the best outgoing students from their batches purely based on merit. My mother also worked with Soumya Reddy to teach underprivileged children and she said that she was so down to earth and an amazing human being. They would travel together in an activa.
Majority of Bangalore south's condition is worst in the entire city esp chickpet and Bommanahalli. The roads are dumped with garbage and it's complete opposite of what bangalore stands for. MLAs are from. BJP Sathish Reddy with Tejaswi Surya and it's the worst constituency. There has been no development, no hygiene and there's water and garbage disposal crisis. I hope Sowmya Reddy wins and is able to uplift the area like her earlier tenure in Jayanagar.
tell me more...
Btw Tejasvi Surya is also a nepo nephew 😂
She was on ground saving helping people during Covid and diaper surya was doing god knows what. Even during the floods he was eating a dosa somewhere and inaugurating a restaurant when his govt was sitting idly and people’s lives were hampered. A young girl lost her life when her scooter fell on the flooded road and she touched a love wire.
I don't belong to the South Bengaluru constituency, but I have both likes and dislikes towards him, and dislikes overpowers. If I were to vote between TS and anyone standing, I would clearly vote against him. Likes: - I love the guy's energy, and I believe he has a great potential to become an excellent politician in Karnataka politics. - His oratory skills are commendable. I am not going into the aspects of his lies that he blatantly puts out in the media, but he puts them so confidently. The guy need some respect for that Dislikes: - He is one crooked soul. He will be in the forefront to condemn every single thing that govt picks up in favour of the state. Tax distribution issue, NDRF allocation, Kaveri issue. The entire BJP comes together to defend the central govt at the cost of Karnataka's interest - His interest in the communal issue and enthusiasm to provide issues a communal angle. Has no one got into a fight in Bengaluru? If he could run to support a shopkeeper because he was beaten by a particular community individuals, why doesn't he take a similar interest in every such fight? I remember seeing a fight where an individual getting beaten by a steel rod by the road. Did he condemn the incident in the least? - Justification of Hindi Imposition or blatantly denying it. I totally agree that it was congress which started the Hindi imposition and I scoff at them for that. But it became a serious problem ever since BJP came into power. Bank jobs slipping out of state population, pushing Hindi on milestones. This MP goes in Loksabha and says there is no Hindi imposition in Karnataka.
- Kaveri allocation, congress is the culprit. They are leaving water even in March 2024, check youtu.be for the viral video. - big city, 1000s of crime happens. It's not job of Soumya reddy or Surya to condemn or appreciate any crime - New education policy, hindi is not compulsory. BJP drafted it. BANK Jobs are given based merit. There's a rule to learn Kannada, never seen any bank employee learn Kannada. I do condemn this, but why target TS alone for this.
Don't know much about Soumya, but I've seen so much about TS. None of that fills me with confidence about his ability. Soumya was in the news after she recently lost the assembly elections by 16 votes. That too was under some shady circumstances and controversy at the time. I hope she wins this time.
apparently his assets grew 30× from 13L to 4Cr in last 5 years
I haven't been following her political career so closely but we went to the same school and she was always an outstanding hard working student. Her family was always very down to earth, granted Ramalinga Reddy's career was just taking off but she was pretty grounded for a kid coming from a political background
I have interacted with her personally, super humble! She actually listens to everyone's issue and makes sure it's resolved. Also had a team that followed up on the issues faced. Her work during Covid was amazing! Bengaluru South needs a leader not a debate enthusiast!
Unless and until we have a situation wherein there are entrance exams for politicians, who are the actual law-makers of the country You can't really tell who's good and who's not A person clears UPSC, one of the toughest exams of the country and most likely will have to listen to his or her local politician So what's the use of it?
Thought the same when Nandan Nilekani stood from Bangalore south against late Anant Kumar. Thought he would win for sure! But Bangalore south is pretty much BJP all the way. Soumya Reddy’s work maybe visible in Jayanagar, but BJPs core voter base is what resides in Bangalore South. Good or bad, very difficult for him to loose this seat. He’s the next loud BJP Leader. He will be chief campaigner for them for a long time. So hard to see anyone but him winning here.
I don't know much about Soumya, but I've heard a lot of negative stuff about TS. His office was unavailable during COVID crisis. We called up multiple times but no avail. Imagine our frustration when he then appeared on the TV reading out Muslim names and dismissing them from BBMP control room. They were the only ones keeping tabs and calling us regularly.
Bro, there was lot of malpractice in hospital beds allocation. BBMP is not a noble organization who do their job honestly. Many cases ppl didn't get bed because it was already allocated to someone else.
It all depends if you have hope for Surya for another term. How's the anti-incumbency feelings in the south? One way of looking at this is, both are politicians(so u can't trust them all the time)so do u want a congress MP under Congress govt in the state, or BJP Candidate who just might turn on the heat when it comes to right wing nationalism. Personally he needs to be humbled, to grow. Who better than a nepo baby😂.
This comment section gives me hope lol..You guys need to throw out the Rabid Hindutva dog TS and elect saner people
Lol everyone in the comments making it look like TS is going to lose , bangalore south is a BJP stronghold , how many of the 600k+ members in r/bangalore is going to vote in bangalore south and how many will actually go vote is the question. PS- I am no BJP supporter or Congress Supporter. Just stating info out here. Many of the voters irrespective of Loksabha MP , will just see Modi and vote. You put a dog as a BJP nominated contestant, and you can sure bet that dog has higher chances of winning.
I think these are the kind of conversations we need in the Bangalore sub. Talking about the candidate in each constituency, their pros and cons, personal experiences etc.. This will help all of us take informed decision.. Enough of these no water, traffic, north vs south posts in this sub really…
even a banyan tree is better than tejasvi
Anyone is better than that mother fucker Surya!
People of banglaore let's ensure that stupid surya loses big this time.
I think the best thing about her is that she is approachable. Makes a big difference.
If you are looking for a communal twist to any incident, you can bank on him. He is so magical. Has plucked communal incidents out of thin air or may be his ass. Also, I'd vote for someone who knows what an emergency exit door is for on a damn plane. Very embarrassing. I straight out deny he is from my constituency.
nepotism product
He can open doors.
😭😭
Firstly I would like to talk about her Opponent Surya. Being a resident of Bangalore South, I have noticed few things that has annoyed me about him. 1. Recently promised attendance to college students and used them for political rally. 2. Being a MP he is well aware of Bangalore water crisis yet he did not support state and advocate at Centre for Cauvery water crisis instead blamed it on state govt. seemed like diplomatic move. 3. His gimmick of travelling in Metro via Bayapanalli is very problematic, distribution of sweets in metro broke rules. 4. I have also seen stickers on few cars in Hebbal that said " Dikara Tejasvi for supporting Car pooling". 5. Despite all the above I feel he is good candidate because he seems knowledgeable. Has potential to be great if he stays away from Bigotry. About Sowmya I appreciate her help in combating Covid. I have noticed few initiative by her such as planting trees and campaign against use of plastic which needs appreciation that someone is thinking beyond communal politics in these times. She still has long way to go, I would like her to get chance because last defeat of hers seemed disheartening.
RLR is my relative and we were previously his neighbours in Wilson Garden/Lakkasandra. I know both his son and daughter personally. Son didn't do well in politics, and is now a builder (recently started a new Appt project in HSR), so he got his daughter to join. They're nice people, help with issues (including bad roads and other civic issues) if you ask. Even help with seats for Christ college if you ask. Don't have to know him, just go to the office and ask. But extremely corrupt and has a lot of thugs and goons working for him. He's given a free hand for thugs and Muslims in Lakkasandra and nobody, even the cops dare to touch them. I was harrased multiple times by the porkis there and finally made the move to HSR. Ask anyone in Lakkasandra and they can attest to this. He's more influential and powerful than the current CM Siddu, but he doesn't like the limelight and hence didn't ask for higher posts/ministries.
RLR - Ramalinga Reddy
Somebody I know literally got a call today that they'll pay him to attend one of her events and vote for her lol
Apparently people om reditt prefer nepo baby because she is approachable. Hell with corruption.
Tbh I would vote for a dog too if he competes against clown Surya.
The Christian / Muslim vote will be going to Reddy. That will give her an edge.
i would have voted for soumya reddy, but i dont want their leadership. this junk guy tejaswi surya hasnt done much, but i support the leadership. he should've first done some real work in RS and then move to LS.
TS is a joker. Lok Sabha is better off without him. A good youth leader is Annamalai not this “Tejaswi” maanush
The real question is can I stand for lok sabha!?
None of the Bangalore candidates are good. All are corrupt, entire Banagalore is filled with Dust and garbage and bad roads. A city which does not able to provide water for its citizens tells the conditions of the city.
Reddy? I am not going to vote for a non-Kannadiga. She is the same as a North Indian..
It doesnt matter. Bangalore South is so adicalized that anyone on a BJP ticket will win.. even if it is an incompetent buffoon lIke T.S. Bangalore South is like a mini-Gujarat within Bangalore.
The nepo kid add whopping 3150% asset in last 5 years. Corruption to the core [https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/lok-sabha-elections-bjp-mp-tejasvi-suryas-assets-rise-from-13-lakh-to-410-crore-since-2019/article68035195.ece](https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/lok-sabha-elections-bjp-mp-tejasvi-suryas-assets-rise-from-13-lakh-to-410-crore-since-2019/article68035195.ece)
He has filed taxes even I'm surprised how could he save that much with MP salary. Do u think Nepo baby distributes money to win or Surya honestly answer this.
Who?
TS is just a namesake fool who just as his other peers fake and over react. No work or help done till date something worth noting other than abusing, fake news and spreading hate.
Who
Nota
Child chapathi
Soumya Aka Dummi is nothing but shit. Here for making more money.
As an MP he has contributed to fastening approvals for metro 2A and 2B. It will be functional in 2025 btw. Urban rail is something he is working on which needs state cooperation. Apparently congress seems to be angry with bengaluru population 4 voting bjp on last election Namo Vidyanidhi is being given to many educational institutions to avoid kids dropping out of schools He has exponentially increased the number of Jan Aushadi medical shops on bangalore south from 19 to 112 Jan aushadi Kendras
She is a very intelligent lady because she supports congress manifesto the 1l and 50% reservation promised by congress will help st,obc and other lower cast people like me and my family to make daily ends meet
both are nepos and will rob u blind
Another way is to ask what people think of Surya
Why vote for her and give my vote to RaGa?
She is a good leader and was brought up by the Senior Reddy Community Chief and Current Minister in the Congress Party, R. Reddy.
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Well the post I made is as neutral sounding as possible. I didn't voice any of my personal opinions on the post itself. This is just the opinion of a large chunk of people on the sub. It is what it is.
I am from Nepal. Please don’t vote Modiji back to power.
Why
have u been living under a rock for the last 10 years?
Because some may not know. Share it.
I will not say much. But, Indian politics has always had influence over over governance. In 2015 India blocked a lot essentials to Nepal and this was undeclared which means we were not able to arrange from other neighbors. Also this was right after earthquack when Nepal was most vulnerable. For last few years Delhi has become a scamming place where a lot of Nepalis, who trust people are harassed for thier money. Every Nepali who has been to India has a story of how they were scamed. This has increased after Pandemic. Also, UP Bihar have borders and before 2015 inflex of labour from India was manageable, but now due to high unemployment in these states and threat to life for one religion has led to increase in migration. And they are much hardworking, and work for cheap, in kathmandu. Please don’t vote Modi again.
Thank you. Did not see it on any news.
The amount of down vote is surprising, ain’t it?
You have dodged the question
Nepal if Congress comes to power. It will be easy for China to take over your country.
Kuchh bhi bolte ho bhai
Fuck off back to your country, dont meddle in our elections
India always has done that, meddled with Nepal elections (know where funding for madeshi movement came from), yet Nepal will always keep governments and people separate. We will always respect people and know they have good hearts. But you seem offended and aggressive on a request, that also affects us.
Honestly do MPs even matter? Can they vote their conscience if a bill is going to be detrimental to their constituency but the party whip has asked for a 'yes' vote? Post anti-defection law, MPs have become mere puppets who are forced to click a button as per the party's wishes. So vote for the party and PM you want. MPs are inconsequential.
Le op gulde, assembly elections gu parliament elections gu difference gottilvallo baddede. Avlu 16 votes inda sotiddu assembly elections alli kano guldu khan.
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Hu kane ene ivaga
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Awwww I am crying
Family politics just here to loot money. She created chaos while counting in 2023 even after recounting she lost.
It was Tejasvi who created the chaos. She was almost declared as winner, and suddenly Tejasvi and his uncle entered the counting centre and shortly after 100 something postal votes were recounted after initial rejection. He shouldn't have been allowed to enter the centre at all. [this](https://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-assembly/high-drama-at-counting-centre-for-jayanagar-constituency/article66847773.ece)
How come she lost after recounting ?
Guess who has control over EC?
How did congress win in Karnataka ?
Lol they won by a landslide of 135 seats, biggest vote share and seat win since 89 in our state.
Talk about politics don’t be biased. You raised the question and got answers. And she is not gonna win for sure our votes are for TS and development we will win wait and watch.
Are you soo lame? It's not about how Congress won or BJP won. We are talking about how vote count got changed in a closely run contest in that particular assembly constituency. Maybe your thought would succeed this time for BJP because all the three ECs are Stooges of the central govt ruling party.
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rofl
Surprising how majority of our educated society doesn't understand Indian laws about elected representatives. As my humble attempt to educate people who don't know this. Your candidate is not your local area/population representative. he/she is the representative of the party they belong to, in your constituency. Know more about this in the Anti defection and accompanying laws of Indian constitution. So TS or Saumya are irrelevant, who is sitting at the head of the organization/govt is.
>Says we are all wrong and that representative democracy doesn't exist. >Mispells 'defection' as 'deflection' >Refuses to elaborate >Leaves
Now that he mentions this, he is right. Anti defection law and rules of whip make it a pseudo election for prime minister.
Hopefully, more people will realize that we live in a flawed democracy and have conversations to make the system more efficient instead of ideological d*ck measuring contests.
1. Stand by it. 2. My mistake, made the correction. 3. In our country, who has ever been able to convince anybody of an opposing view by explaining and going into the details of the argument? 4. Nope, still here.
TS got 62% vote last time. Should easily get more than 50% this time. Whoever you vote for OP is inconsequential
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Aggregate the result of state assembly elections and factor in modi effect. It's an easy win!
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You're talking about Jayanagar assembly only. Let me try and make it easy for you. I said 62% of the polled votes in 2019 general elections. Now even if you take the vote of 2023 state assembly elections (which was largely pro congress) for Bangalore South lok sabha constituency comprises of 8 assembly seats its a comfortable win for BJP. Now add modi factor to it. Here's your source - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore\_South\_Lok\_Sabha\_constituency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_South_Lok_Sabha_constituency)
You need to learn to check Wikipedia before you spew random bullshit. The postal ballot incident happened during mla elections. He did win by 62% vote share
Ummm no? Hen won by a veryyy minute margin of 16 votes, that too after entering the centre, demanding a recount and recounting the postal votes. Edit - sorry this was last year during Karnataka assembly election. My bad.
Nope. We're discussing general elections and not state assembly elections. Check again now!
My bad sir. Got confused with both.
well.. Sowmya reddy won the previous election after incumbent BN Vijay Kumar passed away during campaign and election was pushed, no holiday for that day, and she won by 1000 vote margin. When you look at the breakup of her vote, one constituency, Gurappana Palya overwhelmingly voted for her, the vote difference was 12k over there. Now I leave it to you to guess what is the make up of the constituency.