Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has hit out on the PM’s remarks in ballot rallies within the state
Bengaluru:
Weeks after Bengaluru made nationwide headlines for a crippling water disaster, with visuals of individuals queuing up close to tankers flashing on TV screens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a scathing assault on the ruling Congress in Karnataka, saying the occasion turned “tech city into a tanker city”. Hitting again, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has requested the place the Prime Minister was when Karnataka suffered as a result of floods and droughts.
The 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka are voting in two phases on this election, with the polling due on April 26 and May 7. All Bengaluru seats will go to polls on April 26.
At a rally within the metropolis days earlier than polling, the Prime Minister mentioned he desires to take the nation forward and accused the Congress of being “anti-investment, anti-entrepreneurship, anti-private sector, anti-taxpayer, anti-wealth creator”.
“Modi says he will make the country a green energy hub, pharma hub, electronics hub, electrical vehicle hub, semiconductor hub, and a global innovation hub so that India becomes a hub of Global economy. But the people of Congress and the INDI alliance say they will remove Modi,” he mentioned.
“It is Modi’s guarantee that after 5G, we will now launch 6G, they say they will remove Modi. It is Modi’s guarantee that we will bring AI, but they say they will remove Modi. It is Modi’s guarantee that after Chandrayaan, we will now make India proud of Gaganyaan, they say, they will remove Modi. Congress is anti-youth because it is anti-investment, it is anti-entrepreneurship, it is anti-private sector, it is anti-taxpayer, it is anti-wealth creator,” he added.
The Prime Minister mentioned the BJP and Janata Dal-Secular have come collectively to fulfil the desires of Karnataka’s individuals.Â
“I guarantee that your dreams are my resolve. My life is dedicated to you and the country. I promise 24X7 for 2047,” he mentioned, referring to the aim of creating India a developed nation by 2047.
“Congress has turned tech city into a tanker city. The budget is being cut from agriculture to urban infrastructure. Congress is only focused on corruption, and not on the problems of Bengaluru. Only the projects of the central government are moving ahead fast,” he mentioned.
“The kind of thoughts and ideology being promoted by Congress government in Karnataka is very dangerous. Our daughters are being attacked, bombs are exploding in markets, and people are being attacked for listening to religious songs, these incidents are not common. I urge my brothers and sisters to stay very alert of the Congress,” he added. The statements come within the wake of the homicide of a Congress chief’s 21-year-old daughter in Hubbali, and a blast in Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe and the beating of three children, allegedly for elevating “Jai Shri Ram” slogans.
In a pointy response, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah posted on X, “Claims of working 24×7 for the people, yet where was he during Karnataka’s floods and droughts? So, what’s the real story behind this ’24×7′? Sounds like it’s all PR, all the time!”
Claims of working 24×7 for the individuals, but the place was he throughout Karnataka’s floods and droughts?
So, what’s the actual story behind this ’24×7′?
Sounds prefer it’s all PR, on a regular basis!#Modis24x7
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 20, 2024
The Chief Minister additionally hit again on the Prime Minister’s remarks in Karnataka’s Chikkaballapur, the place he mentioned Karnataka is the most important instance of how the Congress “deceives” the farmers.
“We started the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme for small and marginal farmers. When Karnataka had a BJP government, the farmers of the state received Rs 10000 each, Rs 6,000 from the central government and Rs 4000 from Karnataka’s BJP government. But as soon as Congress formed government in the state, it stopped giving Rs 4000 to the farmers,” the Prime Minister mentioned.
The Chief Minister replied that the Prime Minister should ask his conscience if he’s actually a well-wisher of farmers. Referring to the 2020-21 farmers’ motion on Delhi borders, he requested about 700 farmers who died through the protest and questioned the Prime Minister’s ethical place to speak about farmers.
The Centre, he mentioned, was nonetheless not prepared to meet the farmers’ demand for a regulation to ensure Minimum Support Price and has imposed GST on seeds and fertiliser.
The BJP, he mentioned, was anti-farmer from the start. “It is the party of capitalists, businessmen and traders. Anti-farmer poison is in the DNA of this party,” he mentioned, questioning what the Narendra Modi authorities has given to Karnataka farmers throughout its 10-year-rule.
He mentioned Karnataka’s farmers are clever sufficient to know who their well-wisher is and can train “anti-farmer” forces a lesson within the election.