Amid the prevalent mood of gloom in the Congress camp, Karnataka appears to be a bright spot in their calculations for the Lok Sabha polls 2014. The party appears confident of capitalizing on its spectacular victory in last year's assembly elections when the BJP was ousted from its lone citadel south of the Vindhyas. However, the saffron party is back in the reckoning, if opinion polls are to be believed. The saffron party has strengthened its ranks with the return of corruption tainted BS Yeddyurappa and BS Sriramulu. br br It is no wonder that the issue of corruption, which is part of the BJP's national strategy to corner the Congress is not being pursued with the same level of diligence in Karnataka. And the Congress also has its own reasons to not try and pin BJP on the issue.