Et tu Karnataka, asks Omar

Srinagar, May 15 (IANS) "Et tu, Karnataka?" former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah remarked on Tuesday as the Karnataka Assembly vote count showed the BJP crossing the half way mark.

The National Conference leader took to twitter as the Bharatiya Janata Party appeared set to return to power in its only southern bastion.

Omar invokes Shakespeare to describe Congress defeat (Lead)

Srinagar, May 15 (IANS) Reacting philosophically to the Congress defeat in Karnataka, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday invoked Shakespeare to describe the electoral debacle.

The National Conference leader wrote on his widely followed Twitter page: "Et tu Karnataka."

Similar words were uttered by Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's sublime tragedy when Caesar's best friend Brutus stabbed him. The BJP was set to oust the Congress in the Karnataka Assembly vote count.