With the Karnataka Assembly Election 2018 days away, Modi has launched BJP's campaign in the state with 15 scheduled rallies; Chief Minister Siddaramaiah says he is not perturbed by the blitzkrieg
Karnataka election: Confident of a BJP victory in Karnataka too, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday ruled out a hung Assembly after the May 12 elections. "There is no way there will be a hung Assembly as is being predicted. We are confident of coming to power in Karnataka too," said Modi at a huge public meeting in Karnataka's northwest region, about 500 km from Bengaluru. Recalling that the Congress had lost nearly 12 states that it was ruling, Modi told the gathering that as that party feared a loss in the ensuing polls, its leaders were spreading lies and fear among the people about a hung Assembly. Opinion polls by various agencies have projected a hung Assembly for the southern state with the ruling Congress or the opposition BJP having an edge in the 225-member legislative house, including one nominated.'
"I appeal to you all to vote for a party with full majority. That is when you can hold the government responsible," Modi said. Urging voters to bring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power under the leadership of its chief ministerial nominee B.S. Yeddyurappa, Modi said his party was ready to answer for its every action and be accountable to the people. Yeddyurappa, 75, was the party's maiden Chief Minister in the state and south India when it was elected to power for the first time in May 2008, but lost to the Congress in the May 2013 Assembly elections after he split the BJP and formed the Karnataka Janata Party, leading to a division of votes.
The state's veteran politician of the dominant Lingayat community, however, returned to the BJP in 2014 and contested in the 2014 general elections, winning from the Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency in the Malnad region.
Accusing the Congress government in the state of shielding sand mafias, Modi said those who loot cannot be accepted to remain in power. They must go," he reiterated. "The Congress promotes intolerance and violence. There can be nothing worse than attack on the Lokayukta," charged Modi alluding to the knife attack on the state's anti-graft watchdog in Bengaluru on March 7. Modi also accused the Congress of disrespecting former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, which was not acceptable. "If such is the mindset, how can they think good for the people of Karnataka," wondered Modi, as the grand old party had also never respected Babasaheb Ambedkar or accepted his views.
Karnataka is slated to witness a three-corner contest, involving the ruling Congress, the BJP and the H D Deve Gowda-led JD(S). The result of the election will be announced on May 15.
Here are the top 10 developments around Karnataka Assembly Election 2018 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign in the state starting today:
1) Modi urges people in Karnataka to disband Congress: "I urge people of Karnataka to fulfil Mahatma Gandhiji's wish of disbanding the Congress party. You should grab this (May 12 state elections) opportunity," Modi said in Belagavi district's Chikodi town on Tuesday. He said the "power hungry" Congress is on the backfoot in the state and is spreading lies to win the elections.
"Congress cannot live without power. The Congressfears that they will lose in elections and that is why they are spreading lies, dividing people on the grounds of caste and creating the atmosphere of fear," Modi said.
2) Modi says Congress has initiated culture of 'ease of doing murder': Modi assailed the Congress government in Karnataka for initiating the culture of "ease of doing murder", as he launched the second leg of his campaign blitz in the state for the Assembly elections. He also accused the successive Congress governments at the Centre of allowing a handful of people to "loot" banks while denying loans to poor.
3) Siddaramaiah hits back at Modi for his '2+1 formula' jibe: Attacking Modi over BJP fielding brothers of tainted mining baron G Janrdhan Reddy in the assembly elections, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said "2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy was Modi's formula to win election." "Today PM avoided talking about his complicity in"closing CBI cases against the Reddy bros. Instead he spoke"about some 2+1 formula. Here is the explanation to his formula "to win election. 2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy. #2Reddy1Yeddy""he said in another tweet.
'Yeddy' is a reference to BJP's chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa.
4) Modi says Congress blocked development in Karnataka: At the rally in Santhemarahalli village, Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday lamented that all development in Karnataka had been "blocked" by the ruling Congress due to its obsession with family politics. "Where there is Congress, all roads that lead to development are blocked. There is only family politics, corruption and lack of harmony," said Modi.
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