Maha Vikas Aghadi and other parties erupt in celebrations on Saturday after the Karnataka Assembly election results were announced
Posted Date – 10:45 PM, Sat – 5/13/23

Mumbai: Maharashtra’s opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and other parties erupted in celebrations after the results of the Karnataka Assembly election on Saturday as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party suffered its worst-ever Poor polls, Congress sweeping local victories.
Leading the charge was Shiv Sena-UBT chairman Uddhav Thackeray, laughing that what started in Karnataka “will now continue in Maharashtra”, India The BJP will be kicked out of the state.
“We have kicked them (BJP) out of Karnataka and they will even be kicked out of Maharashtra. People don’t support BJP’s violence and religious politics and now it’s removed from all of South India ,” Thackeray said.
Rahul Gandhi’s “Bharat Jodo pilgrimage” changed the political direction of the country and this was reflected in the Karnataka results, Congress Speaker Nanapatore said.
“Karnataka has defeated the twin engines of BJP corruption including Delhi’s lies and 40% looting, bigotry, authoritarianism and caste-religious politics, abuse of ED, IT, CBI, bogus lawsuits against political opponents, etc. .The Congress has been accepted by the people on their issues such as inflation, unemployment, rampant corruption, etc.,” he said.
Mahesh Tapase, chief spokesman of the nationalist Congress party, said Karnataka had “permanently closed the door to the BJP across southern India” by electing a Congress.
“The people of Karnataka have abandoned religion, caste, corruption and embraced secularism and development by electing Congress by a supermajority. This is a personal defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a victory for all secular forces,” he said explain.
Kishore Tiwari, State Spokesman for Shiv Sena-UBT said, “Karnataka marks the beginning of the end of the Modi era, this BJP bulldozer trend will snowball even in 2023-2024 and all credit for this debacle goes to Modi’s hostile leadership-shah and their public campaign aimed at disrupting social harmony”.
Sena-UBT deputy leader Dr Raghunath Kuchik said the Karnataka election result “burned the BJP’s Lanka” across the south and its impact would be felt across India and in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, which they Can’t blame anyone else for their rout.
Former CM and Congress senior leaders Ashok Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan praised the people of Karnataka for their wise decision to completely reject the politics of the BJP and its caste-religion, money-muscle power and authoritarian attitude.
“The magic wand has no voice. People want development, jobs, peace, security and inclusion. But the BJP is playing politics in the name of God and religion, it’s purely a personal matter. The masses support Congress’ forward-looking declaration,” said Ashok Chavan .
Prithviraj Chavan said the people of Karnataka were very dissatisfied with the BJP’s four years of rule because no one cared about them, but just before the election, there was a big event and inauguration despite “Modi’s The charm seems to have worn off and tired”.
“This will be reflected in the upcoming three other state elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and will have implications for Maharashtra and Lok Sabha polls in 2024,” he said. explain.
State Samajwadi party chairman Abu Asim Azmi said the “theater of hate” had not worked and the people of Karnataka had cleared their state of home rule termites.
“The BJP usurped power on the basis of lies and hatred, and now people understand the difference between divisive politics and developmental politics. This heralds an era of change, even for other states,” Azmi said.
Congress Party General Secretary Sachin Sawant called it the people of Karnataka “a victory for the BJP’s politics of divisive hate and love and tolerance for Rahul Gandhi and Malikajun Harga political acceptance”.
All India Kisan Sabha Chairman and CPI-M leader Dr Ashok Dhawale said the people of Karnataka have given their verdict on the BJP’s tyranny, corruption and the public agenda promoted by Prime Minister Modi himself during the campaign , coupled with strong disillusionment with the BJP led to an anti-incumbent factor, helping Congress to a decisive victory.
Patole added that Rahul Gandhi spent 21 days in Karnataka during his time in BJY, spanning 51 parliamentary seats, 39 of which were won today, “thus, changing the face of state politics”.
Meanwhile, Congress Working Chairman Naseem Khan, Rajan Bhosle, Hussain Dalwai, Pramod More, Vinay Rane, Zeeshan Ahmed, Muzaffar Hussain and others held a ‘dhol tasha’ celebration at the state party headquarters this afternoon, distributing sweets and holding up signs.
