As the Karnataka Assembly elections approach, Congress leaders have suggested that they will come back to power with a clear majority. The remarks from senior party leaders came amid the Bharat Jodo Yatra which entered the coastal state on September 30. It will make a final exit on October 20 after covering 511 km in 21 days.
“100%. Without anyone’s support, we will touch 150 seats. The people of Karnataka will give a clear mandate of 150 seats,” asserted Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar in Ballari.
“In Karnataka, 100% our party will come back to power. Our leaders are working hard. They (BJP-RSS) are misusing autonomous bodies and government machinery here,” added the party’s presidential candidate Mallikarjun Kharge.
Having joined the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra earlier this week, the senior leader insisted that the party would have to “fight from parliament to street”.
“It’s difficult as unemployment and inflation are there, GDP growth is falling, value of rupee is going down, petrol-diesel and essential commodities’ prices are going up. It’s my duty to strengthen the organisation and fight vindictive policies of BJP-RSS. They’re dividing the country on basis of religion…they’re dividing the backwards, scheduled castes and minorities. They see everything through election point of view,” he added.
The veteran Congress leader is contesting the Congress presidential election and is pitted against senior party leader Shashi Tharoor
