Karnataka Election Results Reactions HIGHLIGHTS - Historic Win And Message For The Country, Says Sachin Pilot
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"Before every Lok Sabha election, Congress won the Assembly election in Karnataka. I think you can see it as a trend. Congress won assembly elections in 2014 and PM Modi won in parliament," said Assam CM and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma.
"The clear message is that it is a victory of secular forces against hate politics. National message is if the secular voters can unite, they can easily throw out the Modi Govt in 2024 election. In one of the speeches in Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi made a light comment. Only for that, a national leader who got elected by more than 4 lakh votes was disqualified from Lok Sabha and thrown out of his house. Karnataka's people don't like it," ANI quoted Congress leader AK Antony as saying.
"The central government should take a lesson that if they don't do development, people will not vote on religion or caste. It's a historic win and a message for the country," says Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot
"The type of divisive politics that the BJP does, is not going to be successful every time. This is a clear message. We stood for the poor of Karnataka. They stood for the rich. Finally, the poor won this election. This is the clear narrative of this election," says Congress general secretary KC Venugopal.
"People will teach them a lesson. In all upcoming elections-Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan, they (BJP) will learn a lesson," says Rajasthan CM and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot.
"This is a victory of the people of Karnataka. They are hopeful that Congress and its leaders will bring the change they want," says Robert Vadra
"Who is Shah to say that if Karnataka doesn't vote for Modi the state won't get blessings? Is Modi a god? Nadda says if you don't vote for BJP, then no Central schemes will be extended to the state. Karnataka 3rd highest tax payer in country...we're not UP or Bihar," said Congress' BK Hariprasad.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah on his party's victory in Karnataka elections: "It is a mandate against Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and JP Nadda. PM came to Karnataka 20 times; No PM in the past campaigned like this."
"We will cross 130 seats also, it is a big victory of Congress party. People of Karnataka wanted a change because they were fed up with the BJP govt. BJP spent a lot of money on Operation 'Kamala'. Padyatra of Rahul ji helped as well in enthusing cadre of party," he said.
"Result of this election is a stepping stone to the Lok Sabha election. I hope all non-BJP parties come together and see that BJP is defeated and I also hope Rahul Gandhi may become PM of the country," he added.
Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar gets emotional on his party's comfortable victory in state Assembly elections and thanks the party cadre.
"This is a clear message for 2024 (General election) and the upcoming state elections in three states - BJP has to go," Congress leader BK Hariprasad.
This is the victory of "Janata Janardhan": Cong Chief Kharge on party's good show in K'taka polls
We respect and accept the verdict. We will contribute to our state and our people as a constructive Opposition: Union MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar
"We will take result in our stride, we will reorganize the party and come back in the Lok Sabha election," Karnataka CM Basvaraj Bommai said.
"We've not been able to make the mark. Once the results come we will do a detailed analysis. As a national party, we will not only analyse but also see what deficiencies and gaps were left at various levels. We take this result in our stride," he said.
Jagadish Shettar's defeat was certain from the beginning. At this time it is surprising to see the public verdict going in favor of the Congress. We have done good work in Karnataka. Counting of votes is on, it is too early to say anything: Karnataka Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan in Bangalore.
"As the results firm up in Karnataka it is now certain that the Congress has won and the PM has lost. The BJP had made its election campaign a referendum on the PM and on the state getting his 'ashirwaad'. That has been decisively rejected! The Congress party fought these elections on LOCAL issues of livelihood and food security, price rise, farmer distress, electricity supply, joblessness, and corruption. The PM injected divisiveness and attempted polarisation. The vote in Karnataka is for an engine in Bengaluru that will combine economic growth with social harmony," Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
"𝗕𝗝𝗣 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮," Congress youth wing president Srinivas BV tweeted.
"We told that even if PM Modi comes nothing will work and see that has happened. We are leading in 120 seats. As we expected we will get the majority," Siddaramaiah said, as quoted by news agency ANI.
"BJP had realised that they are going to lose, so BJP people started doing Yogi Yogi instead of Modi and started to talk about bulldozers. This shows that Modi's magic is over. Congratulations to all for this victory, the verdict given by the people of Karnataka has made it clear that Bajrangbali is with the Congress. We have snatched big states from BJP, this will boost the morale of the workers," Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel.
"The atmosphere which was visible in Karnataka during Mr. Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, its result is clearly visible today in the election results of Karnataka. Under the leadership of UPA Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, Mr. Rahul Gandhi, and Mrs. Priyanka Gandhi, Congress leaders did a great campaign. Karnataka has chosen the politics of development by rejecting communal politics. This will be repeated in the upcoming Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana assembly elections as well," Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot tweeted.
"It's not right to term the trends as final election result," BJP IT-Cell head Amit Malviya tells ABP News.
"It is certain that Congress will form the government in Karnataka. BJP will attempt to strike a deal with MLAs of other parties and independent candidates," Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath said, as per news agency ANI.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot says, "Congress has the majority. We will have a thumping victory. The slogan of "40% commission government" given by us, was accepted by the public. It was a major issue raised by us to defeat BJP. People accepted it and gave majority to the Congress." (ANI)
Only MLAs will decide, who will be the next CM. Karnataka is not North India. You cannot play the communal card here: Congress leader Rehman Khan said.
"The issue of Bajrang Bali must have been turned upside down, no importance was give," he told ABP News.
When asked about the Muslim reservation in the state, he responded: "I will not say anything about Muslim reservation now. is within the purview of the Supreme Court."
We are confident that people's mandate is with us. We should be able to march ahead with the blessings of the people: Bhaskar Rao, BJP candidate from Chamarajpet constituency and former Bengaluru Police Commissioner.
“Forecasting the final results is not right, the BJP will form the government,” says BJP leader Gopal Krishnan Agarwal.
'Congress will win with an absolute majority, we will not need any other party. The Chief Minister will be chosen by the legislative party. PM Modi's negative campaign failed,': Congress leader Pawan Khera.
“There will be a clear mandate for Congress and I’m expecting a landslide victory for the party,” says Congress leader Dr Syed Naseer Hussain.
“We will come back to power, there is no doubt,” says BJP’s Kanthi Shetty on early trends.
"As of now, it seems to be a neck-to-neck fight but we will be able to form the govt": BJP spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam on initial trends.
"I am confident that BJP will have absolute majority and give a stable government where a new Karnataka will all-inclusive development will be possible," says Karnataka CM Bommai.
Karnataka Election Results 2023: "We are very confident that my father (Siddaramaiah) is going to win in Varuna constituency with a huge margin. Congress will get an absolute majority and will come to power on its own," says Congress leader Yathindra Siddaramaiah.
Counting of votes begins in all 224 Karnataka Assembly constituencies; 2,615 candidates in the fray
Congress will get an absolute majority and form the government in Karnataka. We are confident that we will make government on our own: Yathindra Siddaramaiah, Congress leader and son of former CM Siddaramaiah
In the next 2-3 hours, it will become clear. Exit polls show that the two national parties will score in a big way. The polls have given 30-32 seats to JD(S). I am a small party, there is no demand for me...I am hoping for a good development: JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy | ANI
"Our expectations are that BJP will garner enough number of seats to form its own government," says BJP leader Bhaskar Rao.
"Congress will form the government once again with a majority. We are confident about this. The public of Karnataka is looking for a change, they were fed up with this present govt," says Congress leader Saleem Ahmed
"We expect the prospects to be bright and that the people bless us," JD(S) leader Syed Shafiullah tells PTI.
Counting of votes to start at 8 am for 224 seats in the Karnataka Assembly. 2,615 candidates are in the fray.
"We are just doing our job. Let's wait for the results," says Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar after a party meeting ahead of Karnataka election results, Bengaluru, as quoted by ANI.
Background
Karnataka Assembly Election Result 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: Hello and welcome to our Karnataka Assembly Election Result 2023 Live blog. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest developments pertaining to the reactions on the Karnataka Election Results 2023.
Polling concluded in Karnataka to elect the 224-member Legislative Assembly on May 10 with the southern state recording a voter turnout of 72 per cent till 5 pm. The state is seeing a three-cornered fight between the incumbent BJP, an aggressive Congress, and the Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal (Secular), which would hope to play kingmaker again.
A total of 3,632 candidates, with 707 from the incumbent BJP and 651 from the Congress, and 1,720 Independents, besides a considerable number of JD(S) members, are in the fray.
Karnataka Results
Karnataka has 224 constituencies spanning six regions -- Bengaluru, Central, Coastal, Hyderabad-Karnataka, Mumbai-Karnataka and Southern Karnataka or Old Mysore region. Mumbai-Karnataka and Southern Karnataka are the largest regions of the state and consist of 50 and 51 Assembly seats respectively.
While the BJP hopes to buck the 38-year trend of Karnataka never voting the incumbent party to power since 1985, the Congress looks to wrest the state after its government formed following the last election in 2018, collapsed. In the 2018 election, Deve Gowda's son HD Kumaraswamy became the CM after JD(S) entered into a post-poll alliance with Congress. No party secured a majority in that election.
However, the government lasted barely a year, with the BJP weaning away MLAs, leading to the collapse of the JD(S)-Congress government in July 2019. The BJP had emerged as the single largest party in the House in the 2018 election, winning 104 seats
Several pollsters predicted that the Congress may have an edge in Karnataka, which is the BJP's southern citadel, in a hung assembly with a couple of them even projecting that the grand old party may get a majority on its own.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, however, rejected the exit polls and asserted that his party will win with a clear majority
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