Karnataka Election 2023 Results: 'We will form govt on our own strength,' Congress leader Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaih said the visits of PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda have had no impact on the voters of Karnataka.

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First Published May 13, 2023, 12:03 PM IST | Last Updated May 13, 2023, 12:03 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday (May 13) 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 Karnataka CM 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.

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Siddaramaih said the visits of PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda have had no impact on the voters of Karnataka.

Speaking to reportres, Siddaramaiah said, "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."

"I had been saying let Narendra Modi or Amit Shah or JP Nadda come how many ever 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 said.

People were also not happy with the saffron party since it did no developmental work. "People wanted change, and they have given their verdict accordingly," he said.

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Siddaramaiah. a leading contender for the chief minister's post, said in Varuna he is leading with 8,000 votes after about three rounds, and will win with an even bigger margin.

He said his opponent, Minister V Somanna will lose both in Varuna and in Chamarajanagara, the other seat from where the BJP candidate is contesting from, against Congress' Puttarangashetty.

(With inputs from PTI)

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