Basavaraj Bommai congratulates Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar

Bengaluru : Karnataka’s outcoming Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday congratulated Chief Minister-designate Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister- designate D.K. Shivakumar.
He also said that his BJP has “not lost self-confidence. We will bounce back in the state”.
Interacting with reporters here, Bommai stated that six days after declaration of results, Siddaramaiah was named as Chief Minister and Shivakumar as his deputy. “We have to accept the verdict of democracy,” he added.
“The people will decide roles in politics. The people have mandated us to be in the opposition. They have reposed more confidence in Congress. They have huge trust in guarantee schemes. They will have to fulfil them,” he said.
“It is their responsibility to see to it that while fulfilling guarantee schemes, the state’s economy should not take a hit. We will have to wait and watch how they are going to manage this,” Bommai added.
“As an opposition, we need to work with responsibility. Politics should not be mixed with matters of land and water. We will warn the government when people are meted with injustice. The year 2023 is important in terms of development and there are challenges,” he said.