Karnataka Assembly Elections: CM Bhupesh Baghel distributes sweets, CM Ashok Gehlot credits ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ as Congress leads on 124 seats

New Delhi: Congress is leading and has surpassed the majority number as the Election Commission is counting the votes for the Karnataka Assembly Elections. The celebrations have begun in the Congress camp and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel distributed sweets after looking at the trends of the results. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot also tweeted and gave credit to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ for performance in Karnataka.

#WATCH | Raipur | Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel distributes sweets as Congress gets the majority in #Karnataka.

As per the latest ECI trends, Congress surges ahead in 118 seats while BJP leads in 75 seats. pic.twitter.com/d9QuCfgxd9

— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023

As per the ECI, Congress was leading in about 124 seats out of the 224 at 12:30 pm. CM Bhupesh Baghel shared a video distributing sweets to party workers. Talking to the media, he called it PM Narendra Modi’s defeat as he asked for votes by keeping himself in the front. On BJP’s politics over ‘Bajrang Bali’, he made a remark saying Bajrang Bali’s ‘gada’ hit BJP’s corruption and they lost.

#WATCH | #Karnataka election result is as per our expectations. PM sought votes by keeping himself in the front. So, this is Modi’s defeat..,” says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel.

“You can see with whom Bajrang Bali stands. Bajrang Bali’s ‘gada’ hit corruption on its head & BJP… pic.twitter.com/Ij55s0dTkU

— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2023

While Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was on the party’s posters and DK Shivakumar led the local campaign, Ashok Gehlot gave credit to Bharat Jodo Yatra’s Karnataka leg for the early trends. Taking to Twitter, he wrote that the atmosphere after Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is visible in Karnataka. He also lauded the leadership of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi.

श्री राहुल गांधी की भारत जोड़ो यात्रा के दौरान कर्नाटक में जो माहौल दिखा था आज उसी का नतीजा कर्नाटक के चुनाव परिणाम में स्पष्ट दिख रहा है। यूपीए चेयरपर्सन श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी, कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री मल्लिकार्जुन खड़गे, श्री राहुल गांधी एवं श्रीमती प्रियंका गांधी के नेतृत्व में…

— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) May 13, 2023

Gehlot added that the people have chosen development over communal politics and he is expecting the same in the upcoming elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana.

Congress underwent the polls by taking the issues of the ’40 percent commission’ and the inflation in the state which proved to be working in their favour.

The state held the elections on May 10 while the counting is taking place on May 13, Saturday.