Subramanian Swamy calls BJP arrogant, Congress-JDS as 'big losers'

Minutes after BS Yeddyurappa tendered his resignation as Karnataka CM, BJP's Subramanian Swamy took to Twitter to claim that his party had managed to 'snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.'

Swamy, known for being vocal about his opinions, tweeted that his party's arrogance may have cost it power in Karnataka - just two days after Yeddyurappa had taken oath by the virtue of BJP being the single-largest party. "The real issue in recent events in Karnataka is that BJP snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Monopoly and arrogance causes that," Swamy tweeted.

Even as Congress-JDS combine was celebrating and termed the developments as a victory for democracy, Swamy - almost an hour after his first tweet - fired a second shot on the micro-blogging site. "Let us not forget bottom line: BJP increased MLAs 2 1/2 times to 104 and first past the post. Two big losers banded together and are slated to form the government.

"Let us not forget bottom line: BJP increased MLAs 2 1/2 times to 104 and first past the post. Two big losers banded together and are slated to form the govt. In other words let us get our act together and pool our brains. Soon then we can discredit completely Ali bibi &her chors," he twetted.