From Yeddy to Shettar: Who said what on Karnataka polls so far

The Karnataka state assembly polls, for which voting is underway, is expected to witness a four-way contest among the Congress, the BJP, the Janata Dal (Secular) and the KJP of BS Yeddyurappa. The BSR Congress of B Sriramulu too is a significant other in the fray. Despite fairly low voter turnout in the state, political leaders are all expressing confidence that they will emerge victorious in the polls. This is a collection of who has said what so far: [caption id=“attachment_753133” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  AFP[/caption] Veerappa Moily, Minister of Petroleum: “Having undergone the nightmare of bad governance, non-development and an anti-social justice programme, the people in Karnataka are looking for a change from the BJP government and the only alternative is Congress. The Congress will emerge with a clean mandate for five years Jagadish Shettar, Karnataka Chief Minister: “These corrupt people should not be brought to power. BJP has done a lot of development and other work in Karnataka. Please reject the corrupt Congress and re-elect the BJP to power”. BS Yeddyurappa, Leader Karnataka Janata Party: “Here I will get absolute majority. We will form the government. We will be the single largest party in the polls”. Uma Bharti, BJP Vice President: “There are a number of reasons for my saying that the BJP will win the elections and the most prominent among them is the good work done by the government here”