On the eve of the crucial third phase of election in North-Karnataka region's 69 constituencies, major political parties were on Wednesday engaged themselves in projecting the number of seats they would win and claimed to form government on their own.BJP put its final tally at 140, declaring that it would get a comfortable majority to install its first ever government in the south.Congress, another bidder to become ruling party said it would get ‘simple majority’ and ruled out another verdict for a hung house, from which the party lost power in the last poll.JDS claimed that it would also get ‘simple majority on its own’.BJP leaders led by state unit President D V Sadananda Gowda, its chief ministerial candidate, B S Yeddyurappa and National General Secretary H N Anantkumar claimed that the party would put up an impressive show.BJP is sure to get 140 seats, they said.Yeddyurappa said, "S M Krishna, Mallikarjun Kharge and Siddaramaiah are already saying they are in race for chief ministership. Let them decide who would be the opposition leader", he said, claiming it would be BJP that would be in the ruling ranks and Congress in opposition.Yeddyurappa said the Congress and JDS are already in talks to join hands once again and declared ‘people will defeat their conspiracy’. Congress Campaign Committee Chairman Siddaramaiah told reporters that his party would secure ‘simple’ majority. People dejected over H D Kumaraswamy's coalition government's 'misrule,' JDS-BJP parties power struggle during which development came to a standstill, have decided to vote for Congress for stability, he claimed. The Gujarat Model which the BJP made it as one of its main poll planks, will boomerang on that party's poll prospects in Karnataka, the former deputy chief minister said. "If Gujarat has marched in development under Narendra Modi, why have BJP ruled states in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh failed to replicate the model", he asked. JDS Working President Narayanswamy also expressed optimism about his party getting ‘simple’ majority. All the aspirants for power and the people who have sealed the poll fate of more than 2000 candidates have to wait till May 25, the day votes are counted.
