Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the party’s victory in Karnataka is an outcome of “collective work” of party leaders and workers and that the party would work towards consensus to choose its chief ministerial candidate.
Talking to reporters as the trends showed an emphatic Congress victory, Kharge said people of all communities voted for the Congress. He said the party will work towards fulfilling its election promises. Kharge hails from Karnataka and the assembly election was crucial for him. His son Priyank Kharge won from Chittapur.
“I thank the people of Karnataka for giving a huge mandate to Congress. We will respect the mandate and uphold people’s belief in us. We will implement all the welfare schemes we have announced in our manifesto. I thank Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and also Sonia Gandhi who campaigned even when she wasn’t well,” Kharge said.
Targeting BJP, he said the people have defeated a party’s government “which had indulged in corruption”.
