"Market of hate shut, shops of love open": Rahul Gandhi on Karnataka win

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

New Delhi, May 13, 2023: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi congratulated the people of Karnataka, where his party looks set to form the next government with a massive victory. "The market of hate has been shut, and shops of love have opened," he told the cheering party workers at the Congress office in New Delhi.

 

In Karnataka polls, "the power of poor people" have won, he said. "This will be repeated in other states too. The Congress has fought for the issues of the poor," he added, promising that the party will fulfil the five promises it made in the first cabinet meeting of its government.

The Congress, which is leading in nearly 140 seats, appears set to exceed the 200-seat expectation expressed by its former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has conceded defeat, with his party leading in only 60-plus seats of the 244-member assembly.