Nikhil lost to Congress candidate HA Iqbal Hussain by 10,715 votes while the BJP candidate Gautham Gowda secured 12,912 votes, as per the Election Commission of India.
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.
Taking to Twitter, the Union Minister said, "My sincere gratitude to the people of Karnataka for giving the BJP the opportunity to serve them for so many years."
As Congress ousted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power in Karnataka, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the poll result of the southern state is the beginning of BJP's fall in 2024 general elections
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
Speaking to ANI after the trends in Karnataka pointed to a resounding Congress win, the BJP leader said, "We tried our best to make a double-engine government in Karnataka. We worked very hard. Our government did a lot of work in Karnataka. The state received the largest foreign direct in
Earlier today Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hailed the party's victory in Karnataka assembly polls and said that people of the State defeated the politics of hate.
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.
Speaking with ANI, the Congress leader said that the scenes of Karnataka will be repeated in Telangana and the party will come to power with a clear majority.
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.