BJP to retain power in Karnataka with thumping majority: Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who is also the BJP co-incharge for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, exuded confidence on Wednesday that the saffron party will retain power in the southern state with a thumping majority and form a ”double-engine government again”. Speaking at the News 18’s ”Rising India Summit”, Mandaviya in a satiric tone, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi himself would facilitate the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) electoral triumph in Karnataka. The Union minister said during his multiple visits to Karnataka of late, he has observed that the people of the state have immense faith and respect for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the speed with which the BJP workers are working on the ground, they will be able to convert that into votes. ”And the BJP will form a double-engine government again,” he said. BJP leaders often use the term ”double engine” to refer to the saffron party being in power both at the Centre and in a state.