Karnataka verdict: Cong says its loss of BJP’s ideology

Raipur, May 08, 2013

Hailing Congress victory in Karnataka assembly elections the party’s state unit chief Nandkumar Patel and CLP leader Ravindra Choubey said it was victory of their party’s policies and loss of BJP’s ideology.

They said the Congress won Karnataka polls due to party vice president Rahul Gandhi’s efforts. They hoped the party would post similar victory in every part of the country under Gandhi’s leadership. 

“The Karnataka verdict is significant for the party because it won despite BJP’s attempt to trigger communalism and create illusion in the region,” they said.

Pointing towards Congress victories in Himachal Pradesh, Assam and Uttarakhand assembly polls, they said that the Congress had succeeded in winning public trust everywhere.

“The BJP lost polls in Karnataka due to scams and grafts done by its government. In Chhattisgarh too, the BJP government’s anti-tribal and anti-farmer face has been exposed. This government has also failed to check rising crime, especially rape incidents. The people have decided to remove the BJP from power in the upcoming Vidhan Sabha polls,” they said.

Former leader of the opposition at state assembly Mahendra Karma, state unit vice president TS Singhdeo, Kawasi Lakhma and other leaders said after Karnataka, the party would continue its victory in Chhattisgarh too.

Indicating that BJP won 11 out of 26 assembly seats where Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi campaigned, they said the people of Karnataka completely rejected Modi. 

Senior Congress legislator Ajit Jogi attributed party’s Karnataka victory to marathon campaigns of Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. 

The Congress workers too are elated with the party performance in Karnataka polls. They said the result had invigorated the party’s Chhattisgarh unit from top to bottom. They hoped that the party would succeed in breaking the jinx of loss in upcoming assembly polls by regaining power in state.