“I had promised…will deliver State into party’s fold,” DKShi gets emotional, thanks Sonia Gandhi

Team Udayavani, May 13, 2023, 2:04 PM IST

As Congress party cruises towards victory in the state assembly elections, KPCC president D K Shivakumar got emotional and thanked party cadre and workers for the results.

Recalling his time in jail, Shivakumar said, “I had promised Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge that I will deliver the state to their fold. When these BJP people put me in jail, I remember Sonia Gandhi came to meet me there. Such is the faith the party, the Gandhi family and the whole country bestowed on me.”

“I credit my cadre and all my party leaders, they worked hard. People have lent faith in us, they supported us. It is a collective leadership and we jointly worked. I said in the beginning, joining the party is beginning…the day I took the oath, thinking together is progress, and working together is success,” he told reporters.

“I thank all the MLAs in the state, including Siddaramaiah. Every leader who worked from block to the booth level, including my AICC leaders and general secretaries. I have a lot of things to tell, but I will come later and meet you all at Bharat Jodo Bhavan,” the senior Congress leader said.

With ANI inputs