Congress is happy about increasing vote share in Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, says defeated candidate Padmaraj R. Poojary
The Hindu
Congress candidate Padmaraj R. Poojary will involve himself in strengthening the party at the booth level in the district in the next one-and-a-half years.
The Congress candidate who lost the Lok Sabha election in Dakshina Kannada seat Padmaraj R. Poojary said that though the party could not win the seat. the increase in vote share was good news.
Addressing mediapersons Mr. Poojary said that he will involve himself in strengthening the party at the booth level in the district in the next one-and-a-half years.
Mr. Poojary secured 6,14,924 votes (43.43%), which was up from 4,99,664 votes (37.14 %) secured by the Congress candidate (M. Mithun Rai) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Mr. Poojary said that the Congress could make inroads into the vote share of the BJP in the 2024 elections notwithstanding the conditions, which were not conducive for his party. “The Congress is happy that the party was able to win the confidence of over six lakh voters, and increased its vote share,” he said.
Congratulating Captain Brijesh Chowta of the BJP, who won the election, Mr. Poojary said that Captain Chowta should try to restore social and communal harmony in the district and should focus on development projects. “I will support Captain Chowta in his efforts to restore communal harmony,” he said.
He said that the time is ripe to think over why people in the coastal districts support BJP while people rejected it even in Ayodhya where the saffron party had constructed a temple for Lord Ram.
Replying to a question Mr. Poojary said that he will own up the moral responsibility for the defeat of the Congress in the constituency.
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