Rahul Gandhi welcomes Lok Sabha poll verdict

New Delhi:

The Congress, despite lacking the expected number of seats, is buoyed by what it sees as the main takeaway from the 2024 Lok Sabha elections: a popular mandate that was a “victory for democracy and a defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” This document contains a message to the Prime Minister, the Congress said. “The country has clearly and unanimously declared: ‘We do not want Mr. Narendra Modi and Mr. Amit Shah to be involved in the running of the country. We do not like the way they have run this country for the last 10 years’. is a huge message for Mr. Narendra Modi,” Rahul Gandhi said.

Speaking to the media this evening, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Mr. Gandhi also said that the arrogance of the BJP and its Prime Minister was not well appreciated by the people.

“It was about the arrogance of the BJP leadership,” Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said. “They gradually illegally took control of all constitutional institutions… Then they used them against opposition leaders. Some came under pressure. Those who did not saw their party split or were sent to prison,” he said.

The people, he added, know that if given another chance, the Constitution and democracy would be in danger.

“The way the Prime Minister campaigned will be remembered for a long time… People have understood the lies he spread about the Congress agenda,” Mr Kharge said.

Appearing before the media with a copy of the Indian constitution, Rahul Gandhi said the country’s poor had saved it. “I am proud of the people and I thank them for defending the constitution,” he said.

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The Congress, which won only 52 seats in 2019, is now leading with around 100 seats, its allies with another 129 seats.

The BJP, which was hoping to win 370 seats – up from 303 in 2019 – has fallen to around 240. The trends at 7 pm show that the NDA, far from the ‘400 seats’ target, is yet to achieve its target. cross 300 places.

As for the Congress’s hopes of securing 290 seats for the INDIA bloc, Mr Kharge said: “We accept this verdict with humility.”

“You all know that the Congress fought the elections facing multiple difficulties. Our bank accounts were frozen but we ensured that the campaign continued to be positive throughout. We fought the elections on the basis of the problems of inflation, unemployment, but on the other hand, The Prime Minister was spreading false narratives,” he added.