Mysuru: Launching a full-fledged attack on chief minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress government in the CM’s hometown, Mysuru, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the massive crowd present at a BJP rally if they did not want a respite from corruption, discrimination and whether they did not want development either. If they wanted all this, they would have to choose the BJP in the forthcoming Assembly elections for transformation (Parivar-thana) and to build “Nava Karnataka”, he said.
Addressing a 40,000 plus gathering of people from Mysuru, Kodagu, Mandya Chamarajnagar and Hassan at the Maharaja College ground, Mr Modi began his speech in Kannada saying “nanna preethiya bandhu baginiyarige nanna namaskaragalu”. He even condoled farmer leader K.S. Puttannaiah who had passed away on Sunday, saying he should serve as an inspiration to all. He then attacked the Congress party saying,
“Unlike in the Congress where one family ruled the entire country for many years, India is our family. The BJP wants to develop India. Wherever there is a Congress government, it functions like a road hump decreasing the pace of development. The Congress ruled for so many years after independence, yet several dreams of leaders who fought for India remain unfulfilled. There were not many media organisations and NGO to question them then. Four crore families in India still live in the 18th century without electricity. Do you still want to trust the promises of the Congress? When I dubbed the state government a ‘10 percent commission’ government at a rally in Bengaluru, I received several messages, saying that it (the commission was more than that. So do you want a government involved in commission business or a government of the BJP with a mission to develop the state? By 2022, when India completes 75 years of Independence, it is our duty to ensure every family has a home.
But will the Congress government in e state allow this to happen? We wish to ensure merit based employment, our youth are confident and self sustained. Unfortunately a mother has to sell her jewellery, pledge her land to pay bribes. Don’t you want a respite from corruption? If you take a small bowl, you will get small amount of Ganga jal, the bigger it is, the larger the amount. So if you want more development, choose the BJP,” he said.
Youth do not want a government which loots. We wish to give you a government with a mission. ” he said.
Digging holes in the campaign for a separate Lingayat religion, which was championed by CM Siddaramaiah himself, he said, “A leader elected from this good land (Sadbavana kshethra) which believes in unity, forgot it when he went to Bengaluru. Some people are indulging in the paap (sin) of dividing society. They are not ashamed to be corrupt. Development is not their priority. They lie loud. They are concerned about securing their chair and pleasing Congress leaders in Delhi.” He concluded his speech by appealing to people in Kannada to ensure a BJP win this time saying “Ee baari BJP gellisi Make BJP win.)”
State BJP president B.S. Yeddyurappa continued to target Mr Siddaramaiah saying, “Can you please tell us why a watch worth Rs 70 lakh was given to you? Many in the Congress government would have been in jail if the Lokayukta was there.”
BJP leaders Prakash Javadekar, Muralidhar Rao, Ms Purandareswari, Mr V. Srinivasprasad, Ms Shobha Karandlaje, Mr B Sriramulu, Mr C.T. Ravi and Mr Arvind Limbavali participated.
