Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the mandate for the grand old party in the Karnataka Assembly elections and said that the Prime Minister's face value had done no good for the BJP in the state.
"I want to thank all the party leaders and workers in Karnataka. Karnataka mein Nafrat ki bazaar band hui hai, Mohabbat ki dukaane khuli hai. We fought on the issues of the poor. We did not fight this battle using hatred and wrong words. This will happen in every state," Rahul Gandhi told
Describing the results of the Karnataka Assembly polls as a mandate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that it would act as a "stepping stone" to the Lok Sabha election slated next year.
The early trends for Karnataka assembly election results showed Congress crossing the halfway mark, and Siddaramaiah leading from the Varuna constituency.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah's son Yathindra on Saturday said that the party will do "anything" to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party out of power and that his father should become the Chief Minister of the state.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday exuded confidence and said that BJP will return to power in the state, while All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Mallikarjun Kharge said that they will see on Saturday after the results.
Hours before the counting for the Assembly elections in Karnataka starts, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai exuded confidence that Bharatiya Janata Party will return to power in the state while Congress general secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh said that BJP's defeat in Karna
Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday expressed gratitude to the party workers for working relentlessly during the election campaign and hoped that their struggle will "definitely bear fruit", as the exit polls gave an edge to the grand old party after polling concluded in the southern
Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, the Congress MLA said, "My first reaction (to the exit-poll projections) is that I don't believe these numbers. I stand by my assessment, that we will win more than 146 seats. People are knowledgeable and educated and have voted considering the larger interes