Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the BJP rally in Chikkaballapura on April 20, 2024. At proper, former PM H.D. Deve Gowda highlights the newspaper commercial given by the Congress.
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Taking exception to the ruling Congress in Karnataka issuing newspaper commercials describing the contribution of the Narendra Modi authorities to Karnataka as chembu (Kannada slang for vacancy), former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda termed it as ‘cheap politics’.
“The Congress should be ashamed of itself for resorting to cheap politics by issuing such advertisements,” Mr. Gowda stated whereas displayed the commercial, throughout his handle at a ballot conference together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chikkaballapura on April 20.
Mr. Gowda claimed that truly it was the Congress that had handed over a chembu to Narendra Modi when he took over as the prime minister for the primary time in 2014.
“Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar, who is also KPCC president, should know that the Congress government at the Centre that was led by Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi was accused of a series of corruption scams and looted the wealth of the country for 10 years from 2004 to 2014. The Congress government handed over a chembu to Narendra Modi in 2014. But he has now turned that chembu into an akshaya patra (an inexhaustible vessel).”
Holding the hand of Mr. Modi, who was seated subsequent to him, Mr. Gowda stated, “The Congress in Karnataka is trying to target a great person like Mr. Modi who has strived for the upliftment of oppressed sections and development of the country.”
Referring to water shortage in about 10 districts of the area, together with Bengaluru, Chikkaballapura and Kolar, Mr. Gowda mooted the thought of approaching Mr. Modi for resolving the water disaster. “Let us earn the moral right to make such a request to him by ensuring the victory in all the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka. Then, let us go to him and request him to either get the water from Cauvery or Krishna to quench the thirst of this region,” he remarked.
Indirectly suggesting that the Congress assure schemes haven’t helped in tackling ingesting water downside, he remarked, “They had given five guarantees earlier and are giving another 25 now.” He ridiculed the speech of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in Kolar and stated he wouldn’t get into the duty of analysing it.