‘Politics we are doing universally accepted’: Congress MLA after party dominates K’taka bypolls

BENGALURU: After Congress won all three assembly seats in the bypolls, party MLA Sharath Bachegowda said that the results show how people have given a clear mandate based on the schemes and facilities the government has provided. He also said that the results show how the state has repeatedly rejected caste and communal politics.

“I think this is a clear mandate from the public that the kind of facilities that the government is giving to the public and the kind of politics that we are doing is being universally accepted by the people of Karnataka”, Bachegowda said.

He further said that this bypoll victory also shows the state rejecting caste and communal politics. “Karnataka is a state which has continuously rejected this kind of caste and communal politics and we can see this once again”, he added.

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He further hit out at the BJP saying that any allegations regarding the Lokayukta probe in the MUDA scam are unfounded and the government has always been transparent. “Whatever allegations the BJP is making, are unfounded. The government has very transparent in the way in the way it has been dealing with these allegations”, he said.

Statign transparency is what people in the state accept, he added, “I think this is what the people in Karnataka accept, the transparency with which the Congress is working and do justice to the people of Karnataka. This is a grand victory for Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar’s government”.

The Congress swept all three Assembly bypoll seats, namely Sandur, Channapatna, Shiggaon. The Channapatna and Shiggaon seats are particularly significant as they were representated by Janata Dal (Secular) and BJP MLAs. The seats were vacated after Basavaraj Bommai of BJP (Shiggaon), E Tukaram (Sandur) and H D Kumaraswamy of JD(S) (Channapatna) were elected in the Lok Sabha. With the wins, the Congress’ tally in the 224 assembly is 137.

Earlier, Congress in-charge for the state, Randeep Singh Surjewala, celebrated the win in a post on X, stating, “Congress sweeps Karnataka by-elections! Congress won the Channapatna Assembly by 26,929 votes. CP Yogeshwar of Congress defeats Nikhil Kumaraswamy of JD-BJP. Congress wins Sandur Assembly, retains the seat Annapurna Tukaram of Congress wins, defeating B Hanumantappa of BJP by 9,568 votes. Congress wins the Shiggaon Assembly, wrests the seat from BJP. Bharath Bommai of BJP loses to Yasir Pathan of Congress by 13,446 votes”. (ANI)