NEW DELHI: Congress is well set to form the next government in the state of Karnataka after political trends showed the party crossing the halfway mark.
Here is what senior leaders had to say after party’s big victory:
Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hailed the party’s victory in Karnataka assembly polls and said that people of the State defeated the politics of hate.
He said that his party stood in support of the poor. “The poor defeated crony capitalists in Karnataka. What I really liked about this election is that we did not fight the battle with hatred. We fought the elections with love…,” he said.
He added that Karnataka showed the country that that people here like the “language of love”.
Priyanka Gandhi
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also hailed the party’s performance in the Karnataka assembly polls as the victory of politics that unites the country.
In a tweet in Hindi, she said, “Heartfelt thanks to the people of Karnataka for giving a historic mandate to the Congress party. This is a victory of giving priority to the idea of Karnataka’s progress. This is the victory of politics that unites the country.”
She added, “My best wishes to all the hardworking workers and leaders of the Karnataka Congress. The Congress party will work diligently to implement the guarantees given to the people of Karnataka. Jai Karnataka, Jai Congress,” she wrote on Twitter.
Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge thanked the people of Karnataka for giving a huge mandate to the party. “We will uphold their belief in us. We will implement all the welfare schemes we have announced in our manifesto. I thank Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Sonia Gandhi who campaigned even when she wasn’t well,” Kharge said.
Siddaramaiah
Congress stalwart Siddaramaiah said the outcome of Karnataka assembly elections will be a stepping stone for the party’s victory in 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He also hoped that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi would become the next Prime Minister.
According to the former chief minister, the Karnataka election result is a “mandate” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah.
Digvijaya Singh
Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said that they are going to form the government in that state and that the BJP stands erased in southern India.
“Once again the Congress party is going to form its government in Karnataka. BJP stands wiped out from southern India,” Singh told the media.
Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that “brute authoritarian and majoritarian politics is vanquished,
“My salutations to the people of Karnataka for their decisive mandate in favour of change! When people want plurality and democratic forces to win, no central design to dominate can repress their spontaneity : that is the moral of the story, lesson for tomorrow,” Mamata wrote on Twitter after Congress’s big win in Karnataka.
MK Stalin
The BJP has been ousted from power in the Dravidian landscape with the Congress party’s victory in Karnataka and like-minded parties should join forces to win the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, DMK president and Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin said.
Stalin greeted Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, top leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar on the party’s emphatic win in Karnataka. He also spoke to them over the phone.
In a social media post, Stalin congratulated the Congress for its spectacular win: “The land mass of Dravidian family stands clear of BJP. Now let us all work together to win 2024 to restore democracy and constitutional values in India.”
Basavaraj Bommai
After trends showed Bharatiya Janata Party losing the southern state it had, Karnataka chief minister Basavraj Bommai on Saturday said that the party will take the verdict in its ‘stride’.
Taking to Twitter, Bommai said, “We accept the verdict of the people of Karnataka with due respect. We will take this verdict in our stride.
He added that we will analyse and correct fault lines and rebuild the party and come back during parliamentary elections.”
BS Yediyurappa
Karnataka BJP strongman and former chief minister B S Yediyurappa said the assembly election results will have no bearing on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He also said the party will strive hard to win 25 out of 28 Lok Sabha seats in the State, a feat it achieved in the 2019 elections.
“The election result has no connection with the 2024 election. We had won 25 seats and again we will make sincere efforts to win those many seats again to make Narendra Modi Prime Minister,” the four-time chief minister said.
(With inputs from agencies)
Here is what senior leaders had to say after party’s big victory:
Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hailed the party’s victory in Karnataka assembly polls and said that people of the State defeated the politics of hate.
He said that his party stood in support of the poor. “The poor defeated crony capitalists in Karnataka. What I really liked about this election is that we did not fight the battle with hatred. We fought the elections with love…,” he said.
He added that Karnataka showed the country that that people here like the “language of love”.
Priyanka Gandhi
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also hailed the party’s performance in the Karnataka assembly polls as the victory of politics that unites the country.
In a tweet in Hindi, she said, “Heartfelt thanks to the people of Karnataka for giving a historic mandate to the Congress party. This is a victory of giving priority to the idea of Karnataka’s progress. This is the victory of politics that unites the country.”
She added, “My best wishes to all the hardworking workers and leaders of the Karnataka Congress. The Congress party will work diligently to implement the guarantees given to the people of Karnataka. Jai Karnataka, Jai Congress,” she wrote on Twitter.
Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge thanked the people of Karnataka for giving a huge mandate to the party. “We will uphold their belief in us. We will implement all the welfare schemes we have announced in our manifesto. I thank Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Sonia Gandhi who campaigned even when she wasn’t well,” Kharge said.
Siddaramaiah
Congress stalwart Siddaramaiah said the outcome of Karnataka assembly elections will be a stepping stone for the party’s victory in 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He also hoped that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi would become the next Prime Minister.
According to the former chief minister, the Karnataka election result is a “mandate” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah.
Digvijaya Singh
Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said that they are going to form the government in that state and that the BJP stands erased in southern India.
“Once again the Congress party is going to form its government in Karnataka. BJP stands wiped out from southern India,” Singh told the media.
Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that “brute authoritarian and majoritarian politics is vanquished,
“My salutations to the people of Karnataka for their decisive mandate in favour of change! When people want plurality and democratic forces to win, no central design to dominate can repress their spontaneity : that is the moral of the story, lesson for tomorrow,” Mamata wrote on Twitter after Congress’s big win in Karnataka.
MK Stalin
The BJP has been ousted from power in the Dravidian landscape with the Congress party’s victory in Karnataka and like-minded parties should join forces to win the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, DMK president and Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin said.
Stalin greeted Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, top leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar on the party’s emphatic win in Karnataka. He also spoke to them over the phone.
In a social media post, Stalin congratulated the Congress for its spectacular win: “The land mass of Dravidian family stands clear of BJP. Now let us all work together to win 2024 to restore democracy and constitutional values in India.”
Basavaraj Bommai
After trends showed Bharatiya Janata Party losing the southern state it had, Karnataka chief minister Basavraj Bommai on Saturday said that the party will take the verdict in its ‘stride’.
Taking to Twitter, Bommai said, “We accept the verdict of the people of Karnataka with due respect. We will take this verdict in our stride.
He added that we will analyse and correct fault lines and rebuild the party and come back during parliamentary elections.”
BS Yediyurappa
Karnataka BJP strongman and former chief minister B S Yediyurappa said the assembly election results will have no bearing on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He also said the party will strive hard to win 25 out of 28 Lok Sabha seats in the State, a feat it achieved in the 2019 elections.
“The election result has no connection with the 2024 election. We had won 25 seats and again we will make sincere efforts to win those many seats again to make Narendra Modi Prime Minister,” the four-time chief minister said.
(With inputs from agencies)
