The resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa ahead of the crucial floor test in Karnataka Assembly triggered triumphalism among the Congress workers of Uttarakhand on Saturday. They termed it as their victory and claimed that the development in the southern State would impact the outcome of Tharali Assembly by-election scheduled on May 28.
Impromptu celebrations erupted in the office of state Congress located on Rajpur Road when a large number of party leaders and workers gathered as news of Yeddyurappa resigning from position of chief minister poured in.
The State party president Pritam Singh, vice- president of the state Congress Suryakant Dhasmana, former MlA Rajkumar, Garima Dassauni and other leaders celebrated the development through distribution of sweets. Speaking on the occasion, a beaming Pritam Singh said that the development has heralded Rahul era in the Indian politics.
He added that the stepping down of Yeddyurappa marks a victory for the principled stand taken by the Congress on the matter. “Democracy was under severe threat. The gloom has temporally passed with the CM, immorally sworn in, having quit.
This is a victory for democracy and the people of the country,” he said.
Singh also claimed that the development would have far-reaching importance on the political matrix of the country and it would definitely boost the prospects of his party in Tharali by- election.
“We were sure of our victory in the upcoming by-election. Now, it is time for BJP to acknowledge defeat beforehand,” he said.