Black magic, vaastu, superstition: you name it; it’s an integral to Karnataka politics. The regular Indian fetish for astrology is being taken off the wall in this key southern battleground.
With the Janata Dal (Secular) allegedly performing black magic to conjure up a curse on the ruling Congress before extradite the party head office it had dwelled in the heart of the city for the past three decades to India’s Grand Old Party.
Yesterday, when Congress party workers cross the threshold of the premises, they were horror-struck to find lemon, vermilion, chilly and unidentified materials wrapped in red cloth. It is claimed they were terrified to enter the building till it was “purified” and is now planning a puja to nullify the effect of the alleged black magic.
The JD(S) had vacated the building the previous night, after losing it in a long-drawn-out legal battle to the Congress.
“Historically, black magic, superstition and Vaastu have been integral to Karnataka politics. Several leading politicians and CMs have tried to please the Dark Lord through pujas,” said political historian A. Veerappa.
Superstition and politics have often gone hand-in-hand in other states too. BJP workers in “unlucky” black clothes were not permitted to enter the venue on October 26 the previous year when Manohar Lal Khattar was being sworn in as CM.
Mohan Rawale, a Senior Shiv Sena leader and five-time MP from Mumbai, always dress in a yellow shirt during election campaigning, on the advice of an astrologer.
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