Refering to the Congress party's big win in the Karnataka elections, Assam Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal said that the people of Karnataka have established BJP-Mukt South India and the BJP-Mukt Bharat campaign has started from the state.
As the Congress crossed the halfway mark in the Karnataka Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and State minister CN Ashwath Narayan on Saturday said that the outcome is a setback for the party but they will come stronger in the next year's Lok Sabha polls.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said that the BJP's defeat in Karnataka polls was the beginning of the end of BJP's "negative, communal" politics
The Congress party has won the Kittur Karnataka region from BJP, securing 33 out of 50 seats while retaining the Kalyan Karnataka region with 26 out of 41 seats in the state assembly elections announced on Saturday.
After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the Karnataka Assembly elections, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday tendered his resignation to Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.
All India Congress Committee in-charge of Telangana Manickrao Thakre on Saturday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the victory of Congress in Karnataka assembly elections and said that the charisma of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming to an end.
Several leaders defected from their respective parties ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls over 'ticket denial' and jumped to the other side on the perception of a big win. However, some faced defeat while others turned the tide in their favour.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said that the public would decide the future course after calls grew within the party for Rahul Gandhi to be the prime ministerial candidate following the resounding victory of the party in Karnataka Assembly polls.
As Congress gained an absolute majority in Karnataka assembly elections on Saturday, party president Mallikarjun Kharge held a meeting with top leaders of the party from the State.