The Congress party thanked the people of India after the party improved its tally from the last elections and the INDIA bloc crossed the 230 mark in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
This comes after the BJP failed to cross the majority mark on its own. According to the Election Commission of India, BJP is currently ahead on 239 seats. But, the overall tally of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is close to 300.
"I thank our INDIA bloc partners, everyone campaigned for each other and worked. Our fight hasn't reached its conclusion, we have to keep fighting for people's rights, the protection of the constitution and democracy, the nation's development and safety on the border," Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress leader and candidate from Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat Digvijaya Singh congratulated Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for the election results and asserted that BJP will not secure majority which will result in infighting within the party.
A day ahead of the counting of votes in the Lok Sabha elections, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, in an open letter on Monday, appealed to all members of the Indian bureaucracy to perform their duties without "fear, favour, or ill-will against anybody."
The Republican Party of India (Athawale) national president and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale expressed confidence that the NDA will win 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 as people have voted for development and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Karunanidhi entered the Tamil Nadu assembly in 1957 and became the chief minister in 1969 after then-chief minister and DMK leader CN Annadurai's death. He passed away in 2018.
Party sources also said that after the meeting at 11 am, Kharge and Gandhi will be holding a virtual meeting with prominent Congress leaders from across the country at 1 pm.
"The NDA will form the government and Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister again. Congress first said they would not participate in the exit poll debates, but when we said that they had already lost, they decided to participate in the debates out of shame. However, they are bound to
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said that the Congress will remove its party president Mallikarjun Kharge after facing defeat in the Lok Sabha polls on June 4.