Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India]: Refuting Congress leader Priyank Kharge's claim that "people are disappointed" with the Bharatiya Janata Party, expelled Karnataka BJP leader KS Eshwarappa on Tuesday said the party had failed in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Will register a great victory. BJP has expelled Eshwarappa from the party for six years after Kanthesh decided to contest as an independent candidate from Shivamogga seat after not getting BJP ticket from Haveri seat. Eshwarappa is contesting against former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's son and current Shivamogga MP Y Raghavendra. He said, “This time Congress will not be able to win as many seats as it won last time. Congress is losing in many states.BJP is losing in every state.'' They are winning. PM Narendra Modi is getting more support than last time. This time BJP will register a landslide victory." The last 10 years of Modi's tenure have been "disastrous".I have full confidence that Congress is going to emerge victorious. The Congress leader said that the last 10 years of Modi's tenure have been disastrous for India and Kalaburagi. People are quite disappointed and this time they will vote for progress. Congress has fielded Radhakrishna Doddamani, son-in-law of party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, against BJP's Dr. Umesh Jadhav from Kalaburagi Shivamogga, the stronghold of the Yediyurappa family since 2009, voted on Tuesday in the third phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections Shimoga comprises eight assembly constituencies Shimoga Rural, Bhadravati, Shimoga Thirthahalli, Shikaripura, Sorab, Sagar and Byndoor.Elections are being held in two phases for 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Voting for 14 seats concluded on April 26 and voting for the remaining 14 seats took place today, with the counting of votes scheduled for June 4. In 2019, the BJP almost swept the state by winning 25 out of 28 seats, while the Congress and JD-S – which were running a coalition government in the state – could win only one seat each. This time BJP and JD-S are in alliance, JD-S is contesting on 25 seats, while JD-S is contesting on three seats.