Congress will touch 150 seats in Karnataka polls, claims DK Shivakumar

Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Sunday claimed that the Congress would win more than 150 seats in the Karnataka Assembly elections next yearWhile addressing a press conference in Mokha Bellari the Congress leader said We will touch 150 seats in the Karnataka Assembly elections without anyones support 100 per cent the people will give a clear mandate of 150 seats Shivakumar saidWhile talking about the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra the Congress leader said that we are walking to bring hearts togetherOur people are suffering economically the youngsters are suffering without jobs The kids farmers and women are all meeting us They are coming to Rahul Gandhi and telling about their grievances We are walking to bring hearts together he saidPeople are supporting the Bharat Jodo Yatra It is a clear indication that people have decided to vote for us and the BJP government will be thrown away he further saidThe Karnataka Congress chief said that they will try to leave tomorrow for the Congress Presidential pollsAlso read UP mans body stranded in Jeddah for 7 months momwife divided over last ritesHe said that some of our leaders will vote here and others will vote in Bengaluru he saidThe Congress leader also took a jibe at the BJP and accused them of copying Congress campaignBJP also started the Jana Spandana public response Yatra but they never had any spandana with the people They are waking up now After our campaign they are also copying after our programs he saidShashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge are up against each other in the race for the post of Congress PresidentWith the Gandhis not running for the top post the party is all set to get a nonGandhi president after over 25 yearsThe voting will take place on October 17 and the election results will be declared on October 19Rahul Gandhi has been leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra since September 7 aiming to cover a distance of 3500 km covering as many as 12 states The Yatra started from Kanyakumari and will end in Kashmir the next year by covering 25 km every dayCurrently the Yatra is in its Karnataka leg and has covered more than 1000 kilometres so farAccording to Congress the Bharat Jodo Yatra is being held to combat the divisive politics of the BJPled Centre and to awaken the people of the country to the dangers of economic inequalities social polarisation and political centralisationThe Congress suffered a debacle in the assembly polls held earlier this year and the Yatra is seen as an attempt to rally the party rank and file for the upcoming electoral battlesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever