Karnataka victory a verdict against Sonia: Swaraj

Sushma Swaraj expressed confidence about BJP winning the Lok Sabha polls also and L K Advani becoming the PM.

BJP leader Sushma Swaraj described the party’s victory in Karnataka as a ‘verdict against Sonia Gandhi’s leadership’.

“This is the 11th defeat of Congress in succession in the country and is nothing but a verdict against Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s leadership,” she said.

Taking a swipe at the Congress manifesto which offered ‘freebies’ for the poor like colour television sets and rice at Rs 2 a kilogram, she charged that the Congress never had shown concern for the poor when they ruled.

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She expressed confidence about BJP winning the Lok Sabha polls also and L K Advani becoming the Prime Minister.

Venkaiah Naidu attributed the party’s victory to the ‘injustice meted out to BJP by its coalition partner JD-S’.

“It is this which influenced the people in the party’s favour,” he said.

“People have given their verdict and there is no doubt B S Yeddyurappa will become the Chief Minister. However, a meeting will be convened and he will be chosen there,” he said.

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He said BJP’s victory in the state will definitely impact the national political scene.

BJP national general secretary Ananth Kumar said, ‘it is a verdict of the people’, adding, the credit should go totally to the people.

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