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Karnataka Assembly poll results has shown a ray of hope: Mehbooba Mufti

Describing the Karnataka Assembly poll results as a "ray of hope", PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said and hoped that the rest of the country will also reject "communal politics" and vote for its development and prosperity. Mufti's remarks came after the Congress emerged as the clear winner in the electoral battle in Karnataka. According to the latest trends on the Election Commission's (EC) website, the Congress was striding forward in 136 of the 224 Assembly seats in the southern state. "The BJP tried its best to communalise the situation as is their habit. They even brought Bajrangbali, religion, Hindu-Muslim to the discourse. The prime minister tried to take the discourse on religious lines. Despite that, people kept these issues on the sidelines and chose the issue of development on which the Congress ran its campaign," the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister told reporters here. Mufti said be it Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra or other Congress leaders, they built a ...

Karnataka CM will be chosen through party's consensus: Cong prez Kharge

Kharge hails from Karnataka and the assembly election was crucial for him. His son Priyank Kharge won from Chittapur

Market of hatred shut, shops of love opened in Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi

The party headquarters here witnessed a festive mood with workers bursting crackers, dancing on bhangra tunes and also distributing sweets

AAP scores in Jalandhar, runs out of luck in Karnataka Assembly elections

The seat was won by the BJP's candidate, Uday B. Garudachar, who secured 57,299 votes defeating his Congress opponent R.V. Devraj by 12,113 votes

Victory-defeat aren't new to BJP, will introspect setback: Yediyurappa

Earlier, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat and said that the BJP will come back victorious in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Congress' victory in Karnataka shows 'Modi is not invincible': Opposition

Opposition leaders on Saturday lauded the Congress for its victory in Karnataka and thanked the people of the state, saying that this win has showed that "Modi is not invincible". "Pro-poor promises and secular stance helped Congress to score the historic Karnataka victory. It urges them to learn necessary lessons and to be more responsible in national politics. Modi is never invincible. If all secular forces are united, 2024 will see the end of BJP Raj," said Communist Party of India (CPI) MP Binoy Viswam. TMC MP Mahua Moitra tweeted, "Thank you Karnataka. For choosing LPG over Bajrangbaliji." CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya also thanked the people of the state for the mandate. "Thank you #Karnataka for giving such a fitting rebuff to not just the corrupt and non-performing Bommai regime but to the hate-filled and arrogant Modi-Shah-Yogi campaign. It has set the stage for the forthcoming elections and encouraged every defender of democrac

You can see with whom Bajrang Bali stands: Baghel after Cong wins in K'taka

The exit polls predicted a hung assembly with some showing Congress returning to power with a majority. A few exit polls also showed BJP ahead

Karnataka result is victory of suffering endured by Rahul Gandhi: Congress

Congress appeared to be consolidating its lead after crossing the halfway mark in Karnataka assembly polls with the party leading on 117 seats according to early trends of results

Karnataka stepping stone to LS polls, hope Rahul becomes PM: Siddaramaiah

Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said with the mandate for the party in the Karnataka Assembly elections he hopes for Rahul Gandhi to become the prime minister of the country

Karnataka Election Results 2023: Here is how tally looks like at 2 pm

Karnataka elections results 2023: According to the trends at 2 pm, Congress is leading the race with the BJP in second place. The JD(S) is in a distant third place

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar wins from Kanakapura seat

Congress' Karnataka state president D.K. Shivakumar has won from the Kanakapura constituency in Ramanagara district by a margin of over 57,000 votes

Karnataka chose politics of development over communal politics: Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Karnataka has chosen the politics of development over communal politics, reacting to the assembly election result trends that showed the Congress marching towards victory. The Congress was striding forward with leads in 117 seats while the BJP was ahead in 75 in Karnataka, according to Election Commission of India trends, as votes were counted for an election widely seen as a litmus test for both parties ahead of the 2024 parliamentary polls. "This will be repeated in the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana as well," Gehlot said in a tweet in Hindi. Assembly elections in all the four states are due later this year. Gehlot said the atmosphere that was visible in Karnataka during Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' is clearly noticeable in the election results. "Under the leadership of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, Congre

Karnataka Election Results 2023: Here is how tally looks like at 1 pm

Karnataka elections results 2023: According to the trends at 1 pm, Congress is leading the race with the BJP in second place. The JD(S) is in a distant third place

K'taka CM Bommai concedes defeat; says will comeback in Lok Sabha elections

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has conceded defeat in the Assembly elections even as the final announcement of the election results was awaited on Saturday

Congress party fought these elections on local issues, says Jairam Ramesh

As Congress leads with 124 seats in Karnataka, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took to Twitter, expressing that the grand old party has won and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lost

Karnataka Election Results 2023: Here is how tally looks like at 12 pm

Karnataka elections results 2023: According to the trends at 12 pm, Congress is leading the race with the BJP in second place. The JD(S) is in a distant third place

We will form government on our own strength: Cong leader Siddaramaiah

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the party will come to power on its own by winning over 120 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly and claimed the visits of BJP brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no impact on the voters of the state. The former Chief Minister was responding to his party surging ahead of the ruling BJP on a day when the votes polled for the May 10 elections in the state were being counted. Siddaramaih said the visits of Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda have had no impact on the voters of Karnataka. "Congress party will win by getting over 120 seats, it is still the initial stage, more rounds of counting have to be completed. So Congress will come to power by getting over 120 seats on its own strength," the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly told reporters. "I had been saying let Narendra Modi or Amit Shah or J P Nadda come how many ever times they want to the state (but) that will h

Karnataka Election Results 2023: Here is how the tally looks at 11 am

Karnataka elections 2023 results: According to the trends at 11 am, Congress is leading the race with the BJP in second place. The JD(S) is in a distant third place

Karnataka elections 2023: Here is how the results tally looks at 10 am

Karnataka elections 2023 results: According to the trends at 10 am, Congress is leading the race with the BJP in second place. The JD(S) is in a distant third place

Congress will emerge victorious: Party leaders on Karnataka poll counting

Amid the counting of votes in Karnataka, Congress leaders said that the party will get an absolute majority and form the government in the coastal state