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Karnataka crucial for BJP's South India strategy with JD(S) alliance aiming for 20 seats.AgenciesPrajwal.
The BJP and its ally in Karnataka, JD(S), have landed in a tough situation with allegations of sexual harassment against JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda's grandson Prajwal Revanna who is also the sitting MP from Hassan..
Laxmi Hebbalkar, the women and child welfare minister of Karnataka, accused the BJP leadership of shielding Revanna in the sex scandal case for political gain..
Despite the combined efforts of these two parties, which have a strong voter base in the southern part of the state, BJP had managed to make substantial gains in southern Karnataka in 2019..
Many think the BJP's alliance with the JD(S) is a step towards capturing the JD(S)'s own voter base in the Vokkaliga community and eventually turn Karnataka into a two-party state...
