DK Shivakumar confident of Congress ‘creating history’ by winning more seats in Karnataka

BENGALURU: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has once again reiterated that Congress will create by winning a large number of Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka.

Shivakumar said, “We will create history by winning more seats from Karnataka…As Parliament elections and Assembly elections go on, as per the ratio more than the Assembly, we will have Parliament seats…”

Further, Shivakumar said, “This election is not important for me but for the country and the state. A country which has to have a new change…There are a lot of issues…including the time of Covid-19, the different attitudes toward helping a common man who suffered, I believe people will remember and they will go for a change”.

Shivakumar had on Tuesday said that Congress will register victory on more than 20 seats in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “Congress party will win more than 20 seats in Karnataka. We will form a coordination committee of all INDIA bloc parties for better coordination. All alliance partners have given us a written letter of support”, he said.

“We are discussing the support of about 10 parties of the INDIA bloc in Karnataka. It is not important how many votes they bring to the table but we are more keen on the people who follow their ideology”, he added.

Karnataka will have elections in two phases on April 26 and May 7 for 28 constituencies. Karnataka has 28 Lok Sabha constituencies, including five seats reserved for SC candidates and two for ST candidates.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 25 seats with a vote share of 51.7 per cent, while the Congress won 1 seat with a 32.1 per cent vote share, and JD(S) and Independent won one seat each in Karnataka. The general election for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases starting April 19, with counting to be held on June 4. (ANI)