New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Congress Saturday night for its emphatic win within the Karnataka meeting elections.
Modi, who led a high-voltage marketing campaign within the state, despatched his greatest needs to the Congress in direction of “fulfilling the folks’s aspirations”.
He additionally thanked the individuals who supported the BJP within the Karnataka elections, tweeting: “I admire the laborious work of BJP Karyakartas. We will serve Karnataka with much more vigour within the occasions to come back.”
By 5:30 pm, the Congress had already received 113 constituencies and was main in one other 23 within the 224-seat meeting.
The outgoing BJP, which was the single-largest social gathering in 2018 with 104 seats, might handle solely 64.
The Congress’s former ally Janata Dal (Secular) had received 4 and was main in 16 seats across the similar time.
Slightly earlier, BJP’s outgoing chief minister Basavaraj Bommai had taken full duty for his social gathering’s debacle, saying there have been a number of causes behind the defeat and that he would determine all of them.
He stated the social gathering would appropriate its faults and are available again stronger for the 2024 Parliamentary elections. He additional stated regardless of Modi’s efforts, the social gathering couldn’t make the mark within the state polls.
Former Congress chief minister Siddaramaiah known as his social gathering’s victory a “stepping stone” to 2024 and hoped Rahul Gandhi would develop into the following Prime Minister. He additionally hoped that each one non-BJP events would come collectively within the basic elections and make sure the BJP’s defeat.
The Karnataka veteran stated the outcomes have been a mandate in opposition to Modi, Amit Shah and J.P. Nadda. “The PM had come to Karnataka 20 occasions. No PM previously has campaigned like this,” the senior chief stated.
Siddaramaiah, who was chief minister from 2013 to 2018, is a robust contender for that chair this time too.
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