‘CONG USED K’TAKA AS ATM TO FUND ITSELF’
YOGI ACCUSES PARTY OF STALLING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN STATE
BENGALURU: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday accused the Congress of using Karnataka as an ATM to fund its activities while stalling development in the state.
Asking people to vote for BJP in Karnataka, Adityanath said to get the benefit of central schemes, “we need the same party in the state and the Centre”.
Accusing the Congress of being disconnected from development, he said: “This state is nothing more than an ATM for the Congress and it will use the state in this way.”
The UP CM was speaking in the Bengaluru leg of Parivartana Yatra rally. Planned by state BJP president and former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa, the rally aims to reach out to people in all the 224 constituencies of the state ahead of the assembly elections in May. According to Adityanath, Karnataka, which was a model for development, has been held back by the Congress over the past five years.
“Under the leadership of [Prime Minister] Narendra Modi, the BJP has decided to develop the country. And, for schemes of development to reach the youth, farmers, and a city like Bengaluru, it is necessary to have a BJP government here.
“In the whole country, people are voting the Congress out, like in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. If BJP has formed a government for the sixth time in Gujarat, its development is becoming a benchmark for India,” Adityanath said. Targeting Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s recent assertions of his Hindu identity and attacks against BJP for trying to claim Hinduism, Adityanath said, “[Siddaramaiah] has seen your strength and remembered Hindutva, like [Congress president] Rahul Gandhi remembered temples in Gujarat.”