MUMBAI: Hailing the Congress sweep to power in Karnataka, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar said that the people of the neighbouring state have rejected the politics of money, caste, religion practiced by the Bharatiya Janata Party, here on Saturday.
Speaking to the media, Pawar said that the people of Karnataka have taught a lesson to the divisive politics of BJP and handed over power to the Congress. “This same trend is likely to be witnessed in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections,” predicted Pawar firmly.
He pointed out how the NCP had clearly forecast the exit of BJP from Karnataka as the people are fed up with the politics of ‘Khokha’ (slang for crores of rupees) pursued by the saffron party.
“Although the BJP was in power there, the entire top brass of the government and senior party leaders had gone there to campaign... We suspected that the money used by them would go against them, and that's what has happened,” Pawar pointed out.
He rued the trend of the BJP grabbing power in a state where it is not elected by breaking the MLAs of other parties, which the masses have disapproved of. (IANS)
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