Party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted, It is decided in Karnataka that the Congress has won and the Prime Minister has lost. The BJP had turned its election campaign into a referendum on the Prime Minister and focused the state on getting his ‘blessings’. It has been rejected by the public.” He said, the Congress party fought this election on the issues of people’s livelihood, food security, price rise, farmers’ problems, power supply, unemployment and corruption.