Nafrat ki bazaar band hui hai, mohabbat ki dukaanein khuli hai, says Rahul post K'taka win

Following Congress' rampant showing in the Karnataka Assembly elections, erstwhile chief Rahul Gandhi hailed his party's performance, saying that they had closed down "nafrat ka bazaar" and opened up "mohabbat ki dukaanein," alluding to the Bharatiya Janata Party's brand of politics.

So far, the Congress has won 55 out of the 224 seats in the state, with the national party set to end the day with at least 113 seats, the majority mark, while the BJP haas won 22 and is ahead in 43, The Janata Dal (Secular) has bagged 10 seats so far and is leading in 10.

"I thank and congratulate the people of Karnataka, party workers and leaders," Gandhi said at a press conference in Delhi.


"I am happy we contested the Karnataka polls without using hate, bad language. We fought the polls with love. In Karnataka, 'nafrat ka bazaar (market of hate)' has closed down', 'mohabbat ki dukaanein' (shops of love) have opened," he said.

Rahul Gandhi added that the Congress had fought for the issues of the poor people in the state and had won on their merit, saying that on one side there was power of crony capitalists and on the other there was the strength of poor people.