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KARNATAKA ASSEMBLY ELECTION

Bharat Jodo Yatra

Effect or Victory for

Local Issues?

With Congress all set to assume power in politically-crucial Karnataka, the party has
attributed the victory to Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi

OUR BUREAU The Congress maintained a lead
from the morning when counting
New Delhi
began for the assembly seats in the
ongress leader Rahul Gandhi fiercely contested election. Congress
on Saturday hailed the party’s general secretary in-charge, Com-
Cvictory in Karnataka assembly munications Jairam Ramesh said the
polls and said that people of the State result is a direct impact of the Bharat
defeated the politics of hate. Address- Jodo Yatra in Karnataka, the intan-
ing reporters at the Congress head- gible impact was unifying the party,
quarters here in the national capital revitalizing the cadre and shaping the
Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress narrative for the Karnataka elections.
stood in support of the poor. “The “While this is the direct impact of
poor defeated crony capitalists in the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka,
Karnataka. What I really liked about the intangible impact was uniting the
this election is that we did not fight party, reviving the cadre and shaping
the battle with hatred. We fought the the narrative for the Karnataka elec-
elections with love...,” he said. tions. It was during the Bharat Jodo
Yatra, from the many conversations
“I want to thank all the party Rahul Gandhi had with the people of
Karnataka, that the guarantees and
leaders and workers in Karna- the promises in our manifesto were

taka. Karnataka mein Nafrat ki discussed and finalized,” tweeted Jai-
ram Ramesh.
bazaar band hui hai, Mohabbat He also said that people rejected
ki dukaane khuli hai. We fought BJP in Karnataka.
“The whole election campaign
on the issues of the poor. We was about the issues of Karnata-

did not fight this battle using ka. We did not make it a national
election; we made this election for
hatred and wrong words. This Vidhan Sabha. Congress’ win is PM
will happen in every state,” Ra- Modi’s decisive defeat. This is be-
cause except for PM Modi, there was
hul Gandhi told the mediaper- no other face. The issues we raised

sons here. A Congress worker holds a placard depicting Rahul Gandhi as Bahubali were related to the state. But BJP
to celebrate party’s victory in the Karnataka assembly elections at AICC office in New Delhi made the election campaign like a
referendum for PM Modi. JP Nadda
Rahul Gandhi coined the ‘Nafrat on Saturday (ANI Photo/Mohd Zakir) said that if you give a vote to Con-
ki bazaar band hui hai, Mohabbat ki gress PM Modi’s blessings will not
dukaane khuli hai’ phrase during the crony capitalists in Karnataka. We power in politically-crucial Karnata- be with you. The campaigning by PM
Bharat Jodo Yatra which he under- didn’t fight this battle using hatred...” ka, the party on Saturday attributed Modi was totally rejected by the peo-
took last year and ended this year he said. the victory to Bharat Jodo Yatra led ple of Karnataka,” Jairam Ramesh
in Srinagar. “Poor people defeated With Congress all set to assume by Rahul Gandhi. Continued on next page... >>

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