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
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.
Following the Congress victory in Karnataka assembly polls, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar on Saturday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would now have realized that the country's democracy is not under attack.
Speaking to ANI on Saturday, after the Congress raced past the majority mark in Karnataka, Pilot said, "The lesson that the BJP government at the Centre should draw from the defeat in Karnataka is that if they don't focus on development issues and only whip up issues around caste, religio
With the Congress' emphatic victory in the Karnataka elections on Saturday, ousting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power in the only southern state ruled by it, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said the election results marked a "BJP-free South India".
While addressing a press conference, Randeep Surjewala said, "From the bottom of my heart I thank 6.5 crore brothers and sisters of Karnataka. This is a victory for every voter in Karnataka. This is not a victory of Congress alone. This is a victory of our leaders and party workers. This is
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said BJP could not buck the trend seen in the last 38 years in Karnataka that no incumbent party was elected again in the next election.
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.