"Victory Of Democracy": BJP's Tejasvi Surya On Party's 16-Vote Win In Karnataka Seat
BJP candidate CK Ramamurthy won the Jayanagar Assembly seat in Karnataka by a slender margin of 16 votes against his Congress rival Soumya Reddy on Saturday. BJP leader Tejasvi Surya called it the "victory of democracy. Victory of fair and free elections".
As the victory margin was too narrow, Mr Ramamurthy had demanded recounting of votes. Tension prevailed at the counting centre was taking place as the Congress state president DK Shivakumar along with state unit working president Ramalinga Reddy, who is also the father of Sowmya Reddy, and many other leaders staged a demonstration outside the polling booth, demanding justice.
As the victory margin was too narrow, Mr Ramamurthy had demanded recounting of votes. Tension prevailed at the counting centre was taking place as the Congress state president DK Shivakumar along with state unit working president Ramalinga Reddy, who is also the father of Sowmya Reddy, and many other leaders staged a demonstration outside the polling booth, demanding justice.
