Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned his get together would win a “thumping majority”
New Delhi:
A day earlier than the Karnataka election outcomes, the Congress denied reaching out to HD Kumaraswamy’s get together, amid stories that it could play a giant function within the occasion of a hung meeting.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned his get together would win a “thumping majority” and that it could determine its strikes based mostly on the numbers tomorrow,
“The numbers will tell us what to do,” Mr Kharge advised NDTV, questioned on the opportunity of an “Operation Lotus” – the time period utilized by the opposition to explain what they allege is the BJP technique of gaining energy by inducing MLAs to change sides. “We will take a call after the results,” he mentioned.
The Congress chief denied that he’s in talks with the JDS after a pacesetter claimed the get together had determined whom to tie up with. “Nobody. We are reaching out to nobody,” Mr Kharge asserted.
Many exit polls have predicted a majority for the Congress within the polls that came about on Wednesday. However, a fractured verdict has not been dominated out, which ends up in the opportunity of the JDS enjoying kingmaker. In 2018, the BJP emerged because the single-largest get together however fell wanting a majority. The Congress and JDS fashioned a coalition authorities, which crashed 14 months later after mass defections to the BJP.
On Thursday, a JDS chief claimed that the get together had acquired feelers from each the Congress and the BJP and {that a} choice had been taken, which set off fierce hypothesis a couple of BJP-JDS tie-up.
The remark got here from Tanveer Ahmed, not former chief minister Mr Kumaraswamy, who was in Singapore. “The choice is completed. It’s taken. We will announce it to the general public when it’s the proper time to,” Mr Ahmed had mentioned.
However, Karnataka JDS chief CM Ibrahim disowned Mr Ahmed’s assertion right now, saying “he is not our spokesperson”.
Congress leaders say they’re assured of successful round 150 seats within the 224-member meeting by which 113 is almost all mark.
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar mentioned earlier right now that the Congress would type a authorities by itself and that he didn’t wish to touch upon the BJP cozying as much as the JD-S.
“No talks between the JD-S and BJP. We will type the federal government on our personal. Let them speak. I do not wish to touch upon their speak,” he mentioned.