‘Market of hate is shut, shop of love is open,’ says Rahul Gandhi after Congress’s emphatic win in Karnataka

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday, reacting to the party's victory in Karnataka Assembly elections, told the reporters, "the shops of hatred have closed down, and those of love have opened in Karnataka."

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reacts as he talks to the media on results of the Karnataka Assembly polls, in New Delhi, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday, reacting to the party’s victory in Karnataka Assembly elections, said, “the markets of hatred have closed down, and shops of love have opened in Karnataka.” “We contested Karnataka polls with love, not hate,” he said.

“This will happen in all states,” Gandhi added. Assembly elections in four states — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana — are due later this year.

Addressing a press conference at party headquarters in New Delhi, Gandhi thanked and congratulated the people of Karnataka, party workers, leaders, and said, he did not fight a divisive battle, and that “the strength of crony-capitalism was defeated by the power of poor.”

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Congress secured a comfortable majority in Karnataka as it crossed the halfway-mark in the 224-seat Assembly, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trailed behind.

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