New Delhi (IANS) | Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday thanked the hardworking Karnataka Congress workers, leaders and people of the state after her party’s victory in the assembly elections. The polling took place on 10 May. In a tweet, Priyanka Gandhi said, “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the people of Karnataka for giving a historic mandate to the Congress party. It is a victory for your cause.”
“It is a victory of Karnataka prioritizing progress. It is a victory of politics that unites the country,” he said.
Assuring the people of Karnataka to stick to the promises made in the Congress manifesto, he said, “The party will work with full dedication to implement the guarantees given to the people of Karnataka. Long live Karnataka, long live Congress.”
Meanwhile, his brother and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet, “The power of the poor has defeated the power of BJP’s capitalist friends.”
The Congress won 136 seats out of 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka. The party has secured absolute majority to form the government in the state.
BJP has won 64 seats.
–IANS
