Why DK Shivakumar 'is not happy' despite Congress's thumping victory in Karnataka

NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday told Congress workers that "he is not happy" despite the party's thumping victory in the recent assembly elections and said that the next target is the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.

Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress president, asked party workers not to visit his or CM Siddaramaiah's house just yet.


"We got 135-plus seats in the assembly elections, but I am not happy, don't come to my or Siddaramaiah's house. Our next target is the Lok Sabha elections and we must fight well," Shivakumar said.

Though Congress secured a resounding victory in the assembly elections, the BJP has been the dominant party in the Lok Sabha polls.



In 2019, BJP won 25 out of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state while Congress bagged just a single constituency.

In fact, BJP has consistently bagged a majority of seats in successive Lok Sabha elections in recent years.


Meanwhile, earlier in the day, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah along with Shivakumar paid their tribute to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his 32nd death anniversary, in the KPCC office in Bengaluru.

Newly-elected Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said that no one from BJP has lost their life due to terrorism but they keep saying that Congress supports terrorism.

"PM Modi speaks about terrorism, no one from the BJP has ever lost their life due to terrorism. The BJP keeps saying that we support terrorism but many Congress leaders like Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi died in terror attacks," said Siddaramaiah.

Siddaramaiah was sworn in as the chief minister of Karnataka for the second time on Saturday. DK Shivakumar took oath as the deputy CM along with eight other MLAs.

(With inputs from ANI)