I am still in search of BJP wave: Krishna

Winding up his two-day second leg of 'Vijaya Dhundubi' Yatra, the CM said the so called 'Vajpayee wave" was absent in the region.

Winding up his two-day second leg of 'Vijaya Dhundubi' Yatra in parts of North Karnataka, Chief Minister S M Krishna today said that the so called 'Vajpayee wave or BJP wave" was absent in this region.

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"I am still searching where these waves are", Krishna told reporters here, before leaving for Bangalore.

Krishna, who went through a hectic poll schedule, campaigning for the Congress in the districts of Bijapur, Bagalkot, Bellary and Koppal from April two, said the poll prospects of his party were bright.

The Chief Minister said the anti-incumbency factor was invisible in the state and added the Congress would emerge clear winner in the polls and form a government on its own.

He, however, declined to react to an opinion poll survey published in a section of the press, which said that the Congress would emerge as the single largest party in the assembly elections.

Krishna, continuing his war of attrition against BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu, charged him with failing to discharge his duties as an elected representative, despite being a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka.

He virtually targetted Naidu throughout his campaign in these districts which border neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, from where Naidu hails.

Krishna utilised every platform and opportunity to take a swipe at Naidu, charging that he had not raised his voice whenever Karnataka faced a distress situation, whether on drought or water sharing rows.