08 March 2013, 06:25 PM IST
For us in India, elections are remembered even for the war of words between top leaders. Be it Congress president Sonia Gandhi's remarks in the Gujarat assembly elections of 2007, when she labeled Narendra Modi's government as ''dharm aur maut ke saudagar (peddlers of religion and death) or Narendra Modi recently likening the Congress to termites or Prime Minister Singh to a night watchman, these will stick for a while in the memory of voters.
The coming elections in Karnataka may well be the time to hear more such quotes, given the national pitch for Rahul Gandhi vs. Modi contest. The BJP state leadership has already extended an invitation to Modi, while the Congress is expected to have Rahul campaign in Karnataka as a preparatory exercise for him to lead the party in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Notwithstanding the worst-ever drought and drinking water crisis in the state, a high-decibel and high-energy Rahul-Modi campaign is surely going hog the limelight and bring back memories of the 1999 Bellary Lok Sabha contest between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and BJP's Sushma Swaraj.
Whether or not the Rahul-Modi campaign will set the tone for the 2014 parliamentary polls, it will definitely stir grassroots workers of both parties into action. The setbacks in the BJP have already demoralized its cadres. In the Congress, the presence of too many bosses dreaming of coming to power hasn't made things too comfortable for the rank and file.
The Modi chant in Karnataka started the day B S Yeddyurappa took over as chief minister in 2008. He vowed to shape Karnataka's development on the lines of Gujarat, saying Modi was his role model. Yeddyurappa's political affiliations have changed since, but he still is a die-hard admirer of Modi and will definitely back the latter for the PM slot any day.
Rahul's campaign in Karnataka is definitely going to boost party workers. He has already indicated that he wants to give voice to the middle tier in the party which is hardly heard. Some strategic changes like that should wake up a complacent Congress in Karnataka.
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