BENGALURU — Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday gave credit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s leadership as well as the five guarantees for the Congress party’s success in the assembly bypolls. Shivakumar said this victory was a prelude to the 2028 assembly election where the party would once again win. The Congress won the Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur Assembly segments. VIDEO | Karnataka by-polls results: "It is a victory of five guarantees, common man, for development, no more communal politics, and only politics of development," says Deputy CM DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar). #ElectionResults2024WithPTI #Karnatakabypolls pic.twitter.com/pYsyThuH9y — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 23, 2024 The by-elections were held on November 13 and the results were announced today. The ruling Congress on Saturday retained its strong hold of Sandur, with its candidate E Annapoorna, winning the seat by defeating BJP’s ST Morcha president Bangaru Hanumanthu. In the Channapatna segment, Congress’ C P Yogeeshwara won the high profile seat by defeating JD(S) candidate and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy. Also read: BJP-led Mahayuti sweeps Maharashtra, oppn INDIA to bag Jharkhand Similarly, Congress’ Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan won the Shiggaon Assembly segment by defeating former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s...