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told ANI.
The Congress put up a table
comparing the party’s performance
in the 20 assembly constituencies
covered during the Bharat Jodo Ya-
tra. The list showed that the Con-
gress, which had won 5 of these 20
seats in the 2018 Karnataka assembly
elections, took a massive lead and led
in 15 seats till 4 pm. The BJP, which
had won nine out of 20 seats last in
the last elections, was ahead in two.
JDS, which bagged six seats in 2018,
was leading in three.

Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo

Yatra’ entered Karnataka on
September 30 last year. The ya-
tra covered 511 km in the state
in over 20 days. The Bharat

Jodo Yatra, which started in
Kanyakumari on September 7
last year, concluded on January
30 in Srinagar after covering

3,970 km, 12 states, and two Congress workers celebrate the party’s victory in the Karnataka Assembly elections, in Bikaner, Rajasthan, on Saturday (ANI)
Union territories.
under the leadership of Kamal Nath. like it,” he said. said, “We started from Mekedatu
As the counting put the Congress Even in Goa, when the BJP did not Meanwhile, veteran ac- (padayatra). Then came the Bharat
firmly on course to come to power have a majority, it broke the MLA tor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan Jodo Yatra from Kanniyakumari to
in Karnataka, Nationalist Congress and took over the state. This is a new on Saturday extended his greetings Kashmir. We have won almost 99
Party (NCP) chief and former Maha- method being implemented by using to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi per cent of the seats in the route
rashtra chief minister Sharad Pawar tool wealth”. after the grand old party crossed the in which Rahul Gandhi walked.
on Saturday claimed that the results The NCP chief further claimed majority mark in the Karnataka as- I thank him for that.” Kharge at-
“present a picture” of next year’s Lok that BJP has lost the “majority of sembly polls. tributed the victory to the people of
Sabha elections. states” in the country, which “pres- Taking to Twitter, Kamal Haasan Karnataka.
Slamming the Bharatiya Janata ents a picture” of the upcoming Lok said, “Shri @RahulGandhi ji, Heart- He said, “Ego does not stay for
Party, Pawar claimed that the people Sabha elections the next year. iest Congratulations for this signif- long. It is a democracy and we will
have given a “strong verdict” against “BJP doesn’t have governments icant victory! Just as Gandhiji, you have to listen to people and bow our
the party. in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, walked your way into people’s hearts heads before those who show us the
“Success and failure can be un- Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Ra- and as he did you demonstrated that right path. It is not a victory of any-
derstood. But the role of defeating jasthan, Delhi, Jharkhand, Punjab, in your gentle way, you can shake the one.
the BJP in Karnataka was taken up West Bengal. Hence, BJP is out of powers of the world -with love and This victory belongs to the peo-
by the people there. I congratulate power in the majority of the states. humility. Your credible and credit- ple of the state. They decided and
the people of Karnataka and the We can get an idea of the picture able approach, without bravado or chose. That is why we got 136 seats
Congress. They have taught BJP a that will be seen in the 2024 elections chest-thumping has ushered a breath - huge after 36 years.”
lesson. Now this process will be done through the Karnataka elections,” of fresh air for the people. “It is a big victory. Through
across the country,” Sharad Pawar the veteran leader said. You trusted the people of Kar- this, new energy emerged in the
said while addressing a press confer- Pawar also slammed Union nataka to reject divisiveness, who in whole nation. BJP used to taunt us
ence here on Saturday. Home Minister Amit Shah accusing turn have unitedly reciprocated by and say that ‘we will make Congress
Slamming the BJP, he accused him of “creating terror”. placing their faith in you. Kudos for mukt Bharat’. Now the truth is that
the party of toppling governments by “The Home Minister should not just the victory but also for the it is ‘BJP mukt south India,” added
“breaking MLAs” in the states where speak calmly. The riots should not manner of victory!” Kharge.
it doesn’t have power. happen anywhere in the country. No With the Congress’ emphatic The Congress chief further said,
“In recent times, BJP has used matter who is in the government. Be- victory in the Karnataka elections on “You all people should be united like
the formula of snatching power cause it is tiring indirectly in a way Saturday, ousting the Bharatiya Ja- this only then we can win the war and
by breaking the MLAs in the state that the country and the common nata Party (BJP) from power in the then only the country can be saved.
where Opposition parties are in pow- man have to pay the price. It is an only southern state ruled by it, Con- if you want democratic government
er. They did the same in Karnataka. attempt to create terror. People have gress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said everywhere then we have to fight
We all saw what Eknath Shinde did taken note of it and people have giv- the election results marked a “BJP- the bigger battle in the coming elec-
in Maharashtra. en a strong verdict on it. If someone free South India”. tions.”
The former CM added, “The tries to use religion and caste, he suc- Addressing Congress workers Looks like the battle lines for
same was done in Madhya Pradesh ceeds at some point, but people don’t at State party headquarters, Kharge 2024 are drawn already.

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