Urging the voters of Karnataka to “punish” the Congress for its “culture of abuse, divide & rule, and shortcut politics”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday exhorted the people to vote for the BJP as the party has a clear “road-map to make Karnataka a number one State in the country.”
Modi accused the Congress of defaming the country globally and dubbed the Opposition party an “enemy of peace and development.”
Against the backdrop Congress’s manifesto promising to ban “Bajrang Dal”, Modi, who addressed three rallies ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, urged people to punish those indulging in abuse while casting their vote, chanting “Jai Bajrangbali”.
Along with “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” slogan, Modi also made a point at the beginning as well as at the end of his speech to raise “Jai Bajrang Bali” in Mulki in Dakshina Kannada, Ankola in Uttara Kannada distinct and Bailhongal in Belagavi district.
He also hit out at the grand old party along with JD(S) for “shortcut” governance.
At a public meeting at Mulki in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, a BJP stronghold, Modi called Congress the “enemy of peace and development” and accused it of insulting and abusing India’s defence forces. “Congress is an enemy of peace and development. When Congress is there, investors will flee. Congress protects ‘aakas’ (boss) of terror, they encourage appeasement. The Congress’s only identity was ‘appeasement politics. Will you (people) allow such a Congress to come to power, will you allow Karnataka to get ruined.”
The whole world appreciates and respects India’s democracy and development, “but the Congress is going across the world defaming the country.”
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that the BJP was raising emotional issues to divert the attention of voters. “Your attention wanders every time the election comes. You don’t even ask for answers. BJP leaders know that if they are getting votes by raising an emotional issue, then why work? Wake up... Enough,” she said at an election rally.
Rs 1 cr stashed in tree at house of brother of Cong candidate
Mysuru: Income Tax officers on Wednesday seized Rs 1 crore hidden between the branches of a tree located inside the residential compund of K Subramanya Rai, the brother of Ashok Kumar Rai, who is contesting from the Puttur Assembly constituency in Dakshina Kannada district on a Congress ticket.