Karnataka Assembly bypolls victory: Shivakumar gives credit to CM Siddaramaiah's leadership

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar connected Saturday gave recognition to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's enactment arsenic good arsenic the 5 guarantees for the Congress party's occurrence successful the assembly bypolls. Shivakumar said this triumph was a prelude to the 2028 assembly predetermination wherever the enactment would erstwhile again win.

The Congress won the Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur Assembly segments.

The by-elections were held connected November 13 and the results were announced today.

The ruling Congress connected Saturday retained its beardown clasp of Sandur, with its campaigner E Annapoorna, winning the spot by defeating BJP's ST Morcha president Bangaru Hanumanthu.

In the Channapatna segment, Congress' C P Yogeeshwara won the "high profile" spot by defeating JD(S) campaigner and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy's lad Nikhil Kumaraswamy.

Similarly, Congress' Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan won the Shiggaon Assembly conception by defeating erstwhile Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's lad Bharath Bommai.

"Our guarantees, Siddaramaiah's enactment and our workers and MLAs are liable for our victory," Shivakumar told reporters.

He said neither Nikhil Kumaraswamy nor Bharath Bommai mislaid the election. In fact, this was the decision of their parents -Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy and BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai.

"With this victory, our tally has present gone up to 138. There are different numbers arsenic well, but I volition not spell retired however immoderate radical person internally supported us," Shivakumar, who is besides Congress authorities president, said.

The Karnataka Assembly has 224 seats.

The Deputy CM advised his opponents to absorption connected improvement works alternatively of making baseless allegations arsenic it would fetch them thing but a changeless defeat.