BJP will also lose in 2014: Kapil Sibal

With the initial trends suggesting a comfortable win for the opposition Congress party in Karnataka, BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday admitted that the trends coming from the southern state were depressing.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: With the results indicating a resounding victory for the Congress party in Karnataka, its exultant leaders are now coming out to crow over the opposition. In his initial reaction, Union Minister of Telecommunications Kapil Sibal said, “Looks like the BJP will meet the same fate in the 2014 General Elections. They will remain in third place in the General Elections as well.” Meanwhile Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Manish Tewari said, “The people of Karnataka have voted. If you really look back, over the manner in which Parliament has been disrupted in the last fortnight it is very evident that the entire charade was orchestrated for the Karnataka elections”.