Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Trivia: The Ram Rath Yatra effect

Take a look at interesting tidbits of history associated with the Lok Sabha elections.

BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajapyee and Madan Lal Khurana presenting a large painting of the proposed Ram Mandir at Ayodhya to L K Advani before his Ratha Yatra from Somanath.

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The general election in 1991 threw many surprises and one of them was Tumkur.

The constituency which was considered a Congress bastion till then was won by BJP.

The Rath Yatra of BJP stalwart L K Advani drew the voters in droves so much so that the Congress, though riding on the sympathy wave of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, could not retain the Tumkur seat.

S Mallikarjunaiah of the BJP defeated Congress’ G S Basavaraju in the elections. Basavaraju, after losing to him multiple times, joined the BJP later.