‘Will introspect party’s setback’, Yediyurappa on Karnataka polls

As Congress surged ahead on Saturday in the Karnataka assembly elections results, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa said victory and defeat are not new for the party, and it will reflect on the setback.

The Congress is on its way to scoring an emphatic victory in the Karnataka polls. Congress is at 136, including 10 seats that the party has won so far and 126 seats where it is leading. The BJP continues to lead in 60 seats. “Victory and defeat aren’t new to the BJP. Party workers need not be panicked by these results. We will reflect on the party’s setback. I respectfully accept this verdict,” said BJP leader Yediyurappa on the party’s defeat in Karnataka.

Earlier, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat and said that the BJP would come back victorious in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress surged ahead, leading in 124 seats at noon, while the BJP was ahead in 69 seats and the JD(S) in 24 seats.

Bommai said that once the results are out, a detailed analysis will be done to analyse the gaps that were left at various levels. “We’ve not been able to make the mark. Once the results come in, we will do a detailed analysis. As a national party, we will not only analyse but also see what deficiencies and gaps were left at various levels. We take this result in stride,” said Basavaraj Bommai.

He further added that all the efforts put in by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP workers weren’t able to make the mark. “In spite of a lot of efforts put in by the PM and BJP workers, we’ve not been able to make the mark. Once the full results come in, we’ll do a detailed analysis. We take this result in stride to come back in the Lok Sabha elections,” said Bommai.