‘People of Karnataka desperate for change’

POLL TALK Says BJP will bag 150 out of 224 seats in the state as Congress’ strategy of calling them ‘communal’ is backfiring

BENGALURU: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in an interview to HT’S

says his party is confident of winning 150 out of 224 seats in the upcoming polls in the state. Excerpts:

Gopal Vikram

over the past three years speak for themselves. Painting a national party as communal shows his weakness. Calling us communal is boomeranging on them because when the Modi government came to the Centre we were ruling six states, which has increased to 19 and pretty soon this number will go up with the addition of Karnataka. When PM says ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’, it means that Hindus, Muslims and Christians should live like the children of the same mother. Let them give one example of the Modi government breaking society. government hasn’t been able to manage law and order. What is our role in this? My stand is clear. Shamanur Shivshankarappa is our national leader we will stick by his stand. The seer of the Siddaganga Mutt has also said that we must not break this community as Veerashaivas and Lingayats are the same. He is an advocate so he should understand that the high court and SC have exonerated me… A bench of the HC criticised the refusal of bail saying such an instance had not happened even in Pakistan…