WB Cong celebrates party's win in Karnataka

The Congress on Saturday snatched Karnataka, which was the only state in the region under the saffron party.Similar scenes were witnessed at Baharampur in Murshidabad, Purulia, Malda and elsewhere in the state.Several state-level Congress leaders were present at the celebrations in the partys headquarters here.Today is the day when people of this country have replied to the taunts and barbs by BJP and Trinamool Congress in Bengal against the Congress.

Congress activists across West Bengal celebrated the party's victory in Karnataka on Saturday.

As the results of the May 10 election came in, hundreds of Congress activists waving party flags gathered at the state party headquarters Bidhan Bhavan in the city.

They hugged each other, smeared green 'gulal', and beat drums, amidst boisterous slogans of 'Rahul Gandhi Zindabad', 'Sonia Gandhi Zindabad' and 'BJP dur hato' to celebrate Congress' convincing win in the southern state. The Congress on Saturday snatched Karnataka, which was the only state in the region under the saffron party.

Similar scenes were witnessed at Baharampur in Murshidabad, Purulia, Malda and elsewhere in the state.

Several state-level Congress leaders were present at the celebrations in the party's headquarters here.

''Today is the day when people of this country have replied to the taunts and barbs by BJP and Trinamool Congress in Bengal against the Congress. 2024 will be ours,'' West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee secretary Suman Roy Chaudhuri said here.

''Thank you the people of India for presenting a south India free of BJP,'' he added.

The election in Karnataka was widely seen as a litmus test for both Congress and BJP ahead of the 2024 parliamentary polls.

The Congress has crossed the 113-seat mark in the Karnataka assembly elections, the majority required to form a government there for which counting of votes took place on Saturday. Elections to the 224-member assembly took place on Wednesday.