After trouncing the BJP from its conventional pockets of stronghold, the Congress is now gazing at the Parliamentary polls. The scenes in the BJP house are quite different. After the trashing from the electorate, the BJP is motivating its party workers to work harder for the parliamentary polls, so that they can bag victory.
The top notches of all the parties are pondering over important questions such as which candidate has bagged how many votes during the previous elections? who can be an eligible candidate? what should be the strategy for the parliamentary polls? etc.
From the house of the Congress name of veteran leader B Janardhan Poojary is being heard. He has carried the credit for the huge victory of the party in the recently held ULB polls in coastal district. An obstacle named Vinay Kumar Sorake has been cleared and if Veerappa Moily decides not to return to Mangalore, then Mr Poojary has no opponents, whatsoever.
During the last polls, Poojary lost his face in the elections due to groupism within the party, couple with discontentment among Billavas against him. However, the situation and scenario has changed a great deal since then and Mr Poojary is trying to make the best use of the same.
75-year-old Poojary had severed as Union Minister and state Congress President. During the Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi he had been appointed as Union Minister of State for Finance in 1982 and he continued to be Union Minister of State for Finance during the Prime Ministership of Rajiv Gandhi until 1987. Later Mr Gandhi appointed him as Union Minister of State for Rural Development from 1987 to 1989. Mr Gandhi also appointed him as General Secretary of All India Congress Committee in 1990 as well as President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee in 1990. He continued to be General Secretary of All India Congress Committee during the Prime Ministership of Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao.
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