Win in Karnataka will be 'super booster dose' for Congress: Jairam Ramesh

A win in the Karnataka polls will be a super booster dose for the Congress electorally going forward after the Bharat Jodo Yatra revitalised the party organisationally senior leader Jairam Ramesh has saidThe Congress general secretary incharge communications said that while the 2024 general elections are still some months away the outcome in Karnataka would definitely impact the crucial assembly polls later this year in states such as Rajasthan Chhattisgarh and Madhya PradeshA win in Karnataka polls will be a super booster dose for the Congress It will strengthen the Congress as we go to the polls in Telangana Rajasthan Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram Ramesh who is on the campaign trail in Karnataka told PTII dont want to look to 2024 but I would look at 2023 and for that it win in Karnataka would be a super booster dose for the Congress the former Union minister saidAlso Read Maun ki Baat Congress takes dig at PM Modi as his radio broadcast marks 100 episodesWhile the Bharat Jodo Yatra revitalised the Congress ideologically and organisationally a victory in Karnataka would revitalise it electorally Ramesh saidDont be surprised if we retain Chhattisgarh Rajasthan and come back to Madhya Pradesh as we had the mandate there before we were betrayed by Mr Jyotiraditya Scindia and his colleagues and the government was stolen from the Congress he saidIn Telangana Ramesh opined the fight is between the Congress and the BRS and the BJP is just creating a lot of hypeSo electorally for 2024 it is too early to say but I would say for 2023 the elections that would come this victory for the Congress in Karnataka will be a super booster dose he assertedRamesh claimed there was a very strong current in favour of the Congress in KarnatakaIt is not just an undercurrent there is an over current and I am in an area which is supposed to be a BJP bastion which is the coastal area and there is a widespread sentiment for a change he told PTI over phoneRamesh said people have seen through the BJP propaganda about good governance over the last four years of its regimeSo I think we are headed for a clear majority in the assembly I dont agree with the assessment that it is going to be a hung verdict I think it is going to be a clear majority for the Congress he saidNoting that Karnataka is the only state in the South that the BJP has a government in Ramesh said there is no prospect of the BJP coming to power in Kerala Tamil Nadu or Telangana and so it is banking on KarnatakaYou see the type of high profile campaigning Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to be undertaking in the good part of next 1213 days along with Amit Shah Rajnath Singh Yogi Adityanath and several cabinet ministers The entire government and the entire BJP is focusing on Karnataka he saidRamesh said this time the Congress campaign has been very strategic on vocal for localPeople are seeing this It is a positive and constructive campaign by the Congress I can tell you having spent 22 days in October in seven districts in Karnataka during the Bharat Jodo Yatra it was very evident from October that the time for a change was there and Rahul Gandhi was able to capitalise on that mood or that sentiment he saidThe entire Congress party and the organisation got a booster dose from the Bharat Jodo Yatra and we are seeing the consequences of that in this election Ramesh saidAsked about the prime ministers campaign blitz in Karnataka Ramesh said the BJP can do whatever carpet bombing they want but there are enough local issues the Congress has raised and given guarantees to different sections of society which will ensure its successVoting will take place in the state on May 10 and the results will be out on May 13This 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