Congress Aces Karnataka With A Leaf From Himachal Pradesh; Read

The Congress social gathering has secured a decisive mandate in Karnataka Assembly Elections throwing the BJP out of their ‘Gateway Of South’. The BJP is hovering round 64 seats whereas the Congress appears to be like set to win round 136 seats, manner above the bulk mark of 113 seats within the 224-seat meeting. The Congress win introduced pleasure to social gathering employees throughout India and its Himachal cadre was overjoyed. Congress leaders in Himachal Pradesh hailed the victory of the social gathering because the defeat of politics of polarisation. They additionally stated that that is the start of the countdown for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections the place the BJP will once more be defeated. 

Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) chief Pratibha Singh congratulated the individuals of Karnataka and stated that this win has raised the morale of the social gathering employees. She stated in a press release that the victory of the Congress in Karnataka, shut on the heel of the defeat of the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, is a sign that winds are crusing towards the BJP and the countdown for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls has begun.

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According to the Election Commission, the Congress is all set to win over 130 seats whereas the BJP has slipped round 65 seats. The JDS received simply 19 seats. A fast comparability of ballot outcomes of Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka confirmed that Congress labored on an analogous technique and reaped its dividends. The main similarities have been within the Congress manifesto that included many freebies.

Just like Himachal, Congress promised free electrical energy and month-to-month monetary help for ladies. In the Himachal Pradesh election, the Congress had promised the return of the Old Pension Scheme, 5 lakh jobs, 1500 monthly for ladies, 300 models of free electrical energy, Rs 10 litre milk buy from dairy farmers and Rs 2 per kg cow dung buy. In Karnataka, the Congress manifesto included the Old Pension Scheme extension, free electrical energy as much as 200 models, Rs 3,000 monthly for unemployed graduates, Rs 1,500 monthly for unemployed diploma holders, free bus travels for ladies, and Rs 2000 monthly for every lady head of the household. The Congress additionally promised a particular allowance of Rs 5000 monthly to police officers on night time obligation and one month’s further pay per yr to them.

With a pointy rise in petrol and LPG cylinder costs, the Congress guarantees seems to have struck the appropriate chord with the voters. While the BJP manifesto promised many initiatives to empower youth and companies, the social gathering had stopped in need of promising any freebies. These assurances as made by the Congress clubbed with anti-incumbency proved deadly for the BJP authorities which couldn’t survive the exact onslaught made by the grand previous social gathering.