Bengaluru: After suffering a crushing defeat in both constituencies in Karnataka, former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H. D. Kumaraswamy took to Twitter to describe the BJP’s victory as the people’s victory. “Voters must have felt that BJP was really doing good work and therefore the JD(S) should not take it personally,” he said.
He further added that the crushing defeat of the JD(S) was never a new thing and the JD(S) has mastered the art of coming back to the center stage. “We will certainly come back and our party workers need not lose heart for losses in these seats,” he said.
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D. K. Shivakumar also said that he would accept the people’s mandate in both constituencies with ‘equanimity’ and ‘graciously’.
He told reporters on Tuesday that he had all along anticipated that it would be a close battle in Rajarajeshwari Nagar and expressed shock at the party’s loss in Sira.
“I will not blame anyone for this loss. I own this loss,” he said.
