News Elections 'It's a mandate against Modi, Shah & Nadda': Cong leader Siddaramaiah reacts to party's performance in K'taka

'It's a mandate against Modi, Shah & Nadda': Cong leader Siddaramaiah reacts to party's performance in K'taka

Karnataka Elections 2023: Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah claimed that visits of BJP's top brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no impact on the voters of the state.

Karnataka Elections 2023 Image Source : INDIA TVCongress leader Siddaramaiah's first reaction on Karnataka assembly election results

Karnataka Elections 2023: Amid the counting of votes for the Karnataka elections, former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah said the party will come to power on its own by winning over 120 seats in the 224-member Legislative Assembly. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, the veteran leader claimed that visits of BJP's top brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no impact on the voters of the state. His comments came as his party was surging ahead of the ruling BJP during the counting of votes.

"Congress party will win by getting over 120 seats, it is still the initial stage, more rounds of counting have to be completed.  Our party will come to power on its own strength," the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly exuded confidence. 

'People of the state were fed up with BJP'

Siddaramaih, the Congress candidate from the Varuna Assembly constituency, also claimed that the people of the state were fed up with the BJP and its governance. "I had been saying let Narendra Modi or Amit Shah or J P Nadda come as many times they want to the state (but) that will have no impact on the voters of Karnataka because people are fed up with BJP, their corruption, maladministration and their anti-people politics," he added. The former chief minister further said that people wanted change, and they have given their verdict accordingly. 

'I hope all non-BJP parties come together' 

The former CM also said that the 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," Siddaramaih added. 

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Notably, Siddaramaiah, a leading contender for the chief minister's post, was leading in Varuna by 10,188 votes. At the time of writing this report, he had 31,093 votes, while BJP candidate V. Somanna had received 20,905 votes. Siddaramaiah also claimed that he will win with an even bigger margin and that his opponent Somanna will lose both in Varuna and in Chamarajanagara. 

Karnataka-Varuna -219
Result Status
S.N. Candidate Party EVM Votes Postal Votes Total Votes % of Votes
1 KRISHNAMURTHY. M Bahujan Samaj Party 285 0 285 0.53
2 Dr|| BHARATHI SHANKAR N. L. Janata Dal (Secular) 519 0 519 0.96
3 RAJESH Aam Aadmi Party 170 0 170 0.32
4 SIDDARAMAIAH Indian National Congress 31093 0 31093 57.77
5 V. SOMANNA Bharatiya Janata Party 20905 0 20905 38.84
6 ARUN LINGA KANNADA CHAKRAVARTHI Kannada Deshada Paksha 116 0 116 0.22
7 N. AMBARISH KADAMBA NAA AMBARISH Karnataka Jantha Paksha 72 0 72 0.13
8 K. NAGESHA NAIKA Samajwadi Janata Party(Karnataka) 40 0 40 0.07
9 MAHADEVASWAMY .R Uttama Prajaakeeya Party 115 0 115 0.21
10 RAVIKUMAR. M Karnataka Rashtra Samithi 37 0 37 0.07
11 SHIVA .E Karnataka Praja Party (RaithaParva) 43 0 43 0.08
12 CHETHAN. E Independent 77 0 77 0.14
13 PYARIJAN Independent 104 0 104 0.19
14 M. MAHESH Independent 47 0 47 0.09
15 DR. U. P. SHIVANANDA Independent 38 0 38 0.07
16 NOTA None of the Above 162 0 162 0.3
  Total   53823 0 53823
 

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023

It should be mentioned here that the state witnessed a single phase of voting on May 10, whereas, the counting of votes took place on May 13.  Notably, the term of the 224-member Karnataka Assembly will be ending on May 24. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that more than 9.17 lakh first-time voters participated in the elections in Karnataka.

(With inputs from agencies)