New Delhi May 15 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the people of Karnataka rejected the Congress s corruption and divisive politics by voting the saffron party as the single largest party in the 224-member Assembly.
"I thank people of Karnataka for voting BJP as the single largest party. This mandate clearly reflects that Karnataka has rejected Congress s corruption dynastic politics and divisive casteism " Shah said in a tweet.
Shah also congratulated each and every worker of the BJP s Karnataka unit including party s chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa for their relentless efforts.
"Like rest of the nation the great land of Karnataka has shown their unwavering trust in PM Narendra Modi s clean transparent and pro-development governance " he said.
Karnataka delivered a hung Assembly with the BJP set to win 104 seats. The BJP fell short by eight seats of a simple majority.

--IANS bns/bg