Even before the full mandate of Karnataka is out on May 15th and counting was still under way, BJP leaders in AP and Telangana have made very tall statements that this would be a set back to Chandrababu Naidu, the former ally of BJP.

In fact, Ram Madhav went ahead and stated that Chandrababu had tried all sorts of methods to stop BJP in Karnataka but he couldn’t.

GVL Narasimha Rao too made over-the-top comments and subsequently faced the ire of Telugu people as well.

If one takes the case of Somu Veerraju, it is much more weirder. A day before Karnataka result is out, i.e when BJP had announced Kanna Lakshminarayana as the AP BJP unit’s new chief, upset Somu Veerraju had gone into oblivion.

Somu Veerraju had gone missing while his hard-core followers resigned from the major posts such as district president and vice president posts. Many of his aides raised serious objection against former Congress minister Kanna being made as the BJP chief. In fact, at one stage, speculations had it that Somu Veerraju even planning to quit BJP against elevation of Kanna.

But all these objections of Somu Veerraju had just gone with the wind when the initial trends of Karnataka counting indicated a strong mandate towards BJP. Hurried Somu Veerraju had come out and denied all those reports. He had made it clear that he had no such intentions to quit party and all that propaganda was done by his detractors. He even clarified that the resignations of his close followers to party posts as their “personal” issue and it is nothing to do with him.

In his own way, Somu Veerraju had lashed out at Chandrababu saying that Karnataka verdict is a lesson to Naidu. He claimed that BJP will soon come to power in AP with the support of local parties (YSR Congress and Janasena).

Now that BJP suffered big defeat in Karnataka as its CM candidate Yeddyurappa admitted his failure to get numbers and resigned to his post much before facing the Floor Test, and Kumaraswamy of JD(S) who has the full support of Chandrababu is becoming the new CM of Karnataka, many are wondering what will Somu Veerraju would say.

As this is a  first big blow to BJP in South, will he also admit that the same would be repeated in AP and Telangana too? What will be the position of Somu Veerraju who returned to BJP witnessing its victory in Karnataka. As BJP lost Karnataka, will Somu Veerraju again go back to his “upset” mode. A lot of questions need answers from Somu Veerraju. Needless to say that he would certainly avoid them.

Neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu and Telangana have taken over the Andhra Pradesh in corruption, say reports.

According to a survery result released by the Centre for Media Studies on corruption in 13 states in India, Tamil Nadu has been ranked No. 1 shocking many. Newly-formed Telangana has followed Tamil Nadu taking many by surprise. This is after KCR and KTR’s repeated statements that they’re bringing transparency in governance in the new state. Surprisingly, as per the CMS, the corruption in Tamil Nadu and Telangana is more than Bihar. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh has been placed at No. 4 in corruption in the survey.

The ‘India Corruption Study’ conducted by the Centre For Media Studies covered more than 2,000 households from over 200 rural and urban clusters of 13 states — Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Karantaka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Bengal.

The report covered 11 public services – public distribution system (PDS), electricity, health, school education, water supply , banking services, police, judicial services, land/housing and transport and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS, only rural).

The survey stated that 75 per cent households across 13 states feel that the level of corruption has increased or remained the same during the last one year, while 27 per cent confessed to paying a bribe to avail public services in the last one year.

Shockingly, the survey said people had to pay a bribe even for getting basic identification documents as seven per cent paid a bribe to get an Aadhaar card and three per cent to get a voter ID card, the report said.

The former YCP leader and close aide of YS Jagan has got a key post in Pawan Kalyan’s Janasena. Thota Chandrasekhar Rao, who also played active role in Joint Facts Finding Committee constituted by Pawan Kalyan and took the side of Jagan and against TDP, has been made Janasena Party’s general secretary.

Announcing the decision, Pawan said he senior leader and former IAS Chandrasekhar Rao would assist the party and he would be made swear-in for the post once the Janasena party office in Amaravati gets ready.

Pawan claimed that Thota Chandrasekhar, who had contested for Eluru MP seat from YSRCP in 2014, had lost in the elections due to his campaign for TDP-BJP combine. He said Chandrasekhar hasn’t kept this in mind and still came forward to join in his party with an open and broad mind.

However, Chandrasekhar’s joining into Janasena party has drew mixed reactions from all over. His cross over from YSR Congress to JFC and JFC to Janasena is seen as a conspiracy by Jagan by many analysts. Well, one has to wait and see. Only time will tell.

The Karnataka result is indeed a set back to many bhakts of Modi including AP opposition leaders YS Jagan and Janasena’s Pawan Kalyan who have been indirectly dancing to the tunes of Modi.

While Jagan’s close aides such as Vijay Sai Reddy were said to be spotted in Karnataka in support of BJP, Jagan’s long-term association with Gali brothers and Pawan Kalyan’s statement on Karnataka after Yeddyurappa sworn in as the CM all clearly indicated how Jagan and Pawan have been supporting BJP in Karnataka.

But dampening all their hopes, the final result of Karnataka has come as a huge shocker to Jagan and PK.

Interestingly, Prakash Raj, who campaigned vigorously against the BJP in Karnataka Assembly elections, has been smiling and is said be laughing over his word becoming true in K’taka. He even stated that the era of BJP has ended and it will slowly lose one state after the other and eventually face a huge defeat in 2019 polls.

None other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have gone all out to save BJP government in Karnataka. But nothing has worked in party’s favour. Despite Governor Vajubhai Vala’s “complete cooperation” to Yeddyurappa and BJP, the Saffron party has failed to use to its advantage. Below are the five reasons that played spoilsport in ending BJP’s southern drought.

Proactive Measures of Congress

For the first time ever, Congress has acted in time. Even before the complete results are out, it started negotiations with JD(S). In order to stop Modi juggernaut in South, Congress decided to offer unconditional support to Kumaraswamy and offered him the CM post. This has worked brilliantly. The proactive measures of Congress has played vital role in this entire episode of Kar’Nataka’.

After tasting bad experience in Goa, Manipur and Meghalaya, the timely action by Congress in dealing with JD(S) is a significant step. Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi conceived the plan well, their team members Abhishek Singhvi, Kapil Sibal, Azad all executed the plan perfectly giving no scope for the BJP.

Supreme Court’s Verdict on Floor Test

The twist in the entire tale is Congress knocking the doors of the Supreme Court at midnight. The SC bench convened in the wee hours and heard the petition filed by the Congress and JD(S) combine. Though the SC didn’t stop the swearing-in ceremony of Yeddyurappa, it has given a major blow to him by ordering to go for the Floor Test in 24 hours. This is indeed a landmark verdict and a major twist that changed the entire course of ‘Game of Thrones’ in Karnataka.

Lack of Trust on Gali’s Words

Initially, a few MLAs of Congress and JD(S) were reportedly inclined towards Yeddyurappa-led BJP. In fact, after Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in and 15 days of time to prove majority, a few MLAs in Congress and JD(S) had lost hope and thought that Yeddyurappa would prove his numbers and even thought of switching to his side. But lack of trust on Gali’s words and tightening of Congress and JD(S) leadership on its MLAs, in addition to SC’s landmark verdict together hindered all the efforts by Gali brothers and his close aides such as Sreeramulu.

Leaks of Audio Tapes Offering Bribe to Congress and JD(S) MLAs

The leak of audio tapes of BJP leaders trying to lure the MLAs of Congress and JD(S) which came out in the open and wide in the media has feared the national leaders of BJP that it would damage the party’s image. Fearing further damage if they go ahead for the Trust Vote and is defeated in the hands of Congress and JD(U), national BJP leaders advised Yeddyurappa to resign before the Floor Test as a last effort to save the party’s declining image.

Deve Gowda’s Emotional Appeal To Party Leaders

JD(S) Patriarch Deve Gowda said to have made an emotional appeal to all his party MLAs requesting that this would be his last election and would like to see his son Kumaraswamy as the Chief Minister. Deve Gowda’s emotional request said to have moved JD(S) MLAs who decided not to switch over to BJP even when huge offers came in from the Saffron leaders.