New Delhi: After the ‘record margin’ victory of BJP in the Karnataka bypolls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BJP parliamentary party meeting gave a standing ovation to the people of Karnataka for voting for the BJP.
After the BJP parliamentary meeting at the Parliament Library, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told, “During the meeting, we gave a standing ovation to welcome the Prime Minister. But the Prime Minister while congratulating Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, state ministers, and BJP leadership in Karnataka, he gave a standing ovation to the people of Karnataka.”
“We won by a record margin and we also won two seats where we did not win before. The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude to the people of Karnataka. The Prime Minister hoped that development will progress at a faster pace with a stable government in place,” Joshi said while quoting Modi.
The BJP on Monday held a massive victory in the Karnataka by-elections, winning 12 out of 15 seats with a majority of 117 MLAs of the BJP in the Assembly.