Congress president Rahul Gandhi on his second day of election rallies at Karnataka on Sunday stepped up attack on BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In Koppala, Rahul Gandhi said while the Congress Government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had a scam-free Government, the BJP when in power had broken all world records in graft. He has also urged the people to support Congress in the ensuing elections to make Karnataka more progressive in a faster pace.
He once gain trained his guns on the Prime Minister and said the Modi Government works for 5 to 10 capitalists.
“In the last five years there was not even a single scam, and during their (BJP) time there were scams one after the other, from mining to what not, different scams,” he said.
At roadside meetings in Koppala district during his ongoing Janashirvad Yatra ahead of the State Assembly polls, Gandhi said, “Elections are coming, support the Congress party and Siddaramaiah. Once again bring our Government here so that we can together work for you.”
At the public meetings, Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talking about corruption in Karnataka overlooking his own party’s “track record” while running the Government in the State. Pointing out that the previous BJP Government had seen three Chief Ministers, he said four Ministers had gone to jail and had to resign. “But still Modiji comes. “The previous BJP Government in Karnataka broke world records in corruption and they come here and talk on corruption pointing at us,” he added.
Attacking the Central Government for not waiving farmers’ loans despite agrarian distress, Gandhi appreciated the Karnataka Government’s move writing off loans. “This is the difference between the Congress and BJP,” he said. He targeted Modi on issues of unemployment, demonetisation and the GST, referring to the tax regime as the “Gabbar Singh Tax”.
Rahul continued his temple hopping a new found soft Hindutva a repeat of Gujarat to appease Hindu voters.
Meanwhile, the State BJP countered Rahul Gandhi and said more than 3,500 farmers have committed suicide in the State but why he is talking about farmers now. The party said he has no moral right to talk about farmers”.
BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa also hit back at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his rear-view mirror comment against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a couple of tweets, Yeddyurappa asked if the rear-view mirror helped Gandhi spot Santosh lad, Anand Singh and remind him of the land, mining and ‘rape scam’. “Still wondering what ‘rape scam’ meansIJ Are the objects in the mirror closer than they appearIJ” he asked. BJP also released a short documentary on farmers’ suicide which blames Siddaramaiah Government for the suicides.