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PM Modi gives Karnataka people standing ovation for BJP's 'record margin' win in by-polls

“During the meeting, we gave a standing ovation to welcome the Prime Minister. But the Prime Minister while congratulating Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, state ministers and BJP leadership in Karnataka, gave a standing ovation to the people of Karnataka," Parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi told

PM Modi gives Karnataka people standing ovation for BJP's 'record margin' win in by-polls
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New Delhi, First Published Dec 11, 2019, 12:52 PM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (December 11) gave a standing ovation to the people of Karnataka for voting for the BJP in the state's by-elections and expressed his gratitude to the electorate for the party's "record margin" victory.

"During the meeting, we gave a standing ovation to welcome the Prime Minister. But the Prime Minister while congratulating Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, state ministers and BJP leadership in Karnataka, gave a standing ovation to the people of Karnataka," Parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters after the BJP parliamentary party meeting at the Parliament Library.

"We won by a record margin, and we also won two seats where we did not win before. The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude to the people of Karnataka. The Prime Minister hoped that development would progress at a faster pace with a stable government in place," Joshi said while quoting PM Modi.

The BJP, on Monday, registered a thumping victory in the Karnataka by-elections, winning 12 out of 15 seats, and secured a comfortable majority in the 224-member House with the Congress managing just two seats and the JD(S) failing to open its account.

With these results, the BJP now has 117 MLAs, and there are now 222 legislators in the state Assembly. The four-month-old government led by Yediyurappa now has majority in the House, surpassing the magic number of 112.

The Congress now has 68 MLAs while JD(S) has 34 legislators in the Assembly.

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