Karnataka Polls 2023: Elections in Karnataka have concluded with Congress emerging as the winner and BJP losing its only fort it had here. Now, with the thumping victory, not only Congress but the entire opposition is happy. With a growing focus on the next year’s general elections, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will on Sunday hold a key meet to discuss the same under the chairmanship of Sharad Pawar, Sanjay Raut told ANI. The Uddhav Thackery faction leader said that ‘our wave is coming’ and that there is no ‘Modi wave’ now.
“The Modi wave is over and now our wave is coming across the country. Our preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has started and today a meeting has been called under the chairmanship of Sharad Pawar, we will discuss the 2024 elections in this meeting and start preparing for it,” Raut said, as quoted by ANI.
Speaking on Karnataka election results, he said that the state showed that people can defeat dictatorship and asked where the riots are that Amit Shah was claiming would occur if Congress comes to power.
Raut said, “Karnataka has shown that people can defeat dictatorship. Congress won which means Bajrang Bali is with Congress and not BJP. Our Home Minister (Amit Shah) was saying that if BJP loses, there will be riots. Karnataka is calm and happy. Where are the riots?.”
Meanwhile, the newly elected Congress MLAs in Karnataka will on Sunday participate in the legislative party meeting to decide the Chief Minister of the state. There are several contenders for the top post in the state from the party.
On Sunday morning, the supporters of party leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivkumar put up posters in the state demanding them to be declared as the state CM. Supporters of senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah put up a poster outside the Congress leader’s residence in Bengaluru, referring to him as "the next CM of Karnataka."
Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar's supporters put up a poster outside his residence in Bengaluru, demanding DK Shivakumar to be declared as "CM" of the state.
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