‘BJP using Nepal pics to malign Cong’

Congress on Saturday termed the BJP’s “20-page pictorial booklet” expose, charging the ruling party of “ruining” Bengaluru, a lie. The party said the pictures were from Mizoram and Nepal.

“The Bharatiya Janata Party caught lying again! While Congress is working towards providing the best amenities for Bengaluru’s citizens, BJP is busy defaming and lying about the city,” tweeted Congress state unit’s working president Dinesh Gundu Rao.

While a picture claiming to display garbage menace in Bengaluru was taken in Kathmandu by the American website npr.org, another picture showing potholes was reportedly shot in Mizoram.

Reacting to the Congress’ allegations that his party was “lying”, BJP state spokesperson Vamanacharya said the ruling party has “lost its face” after the booklet was released and was hence finding loopholes.

“Sometimes different pictures might look the same, but the content

A PHOTO DISPLAYING BENGALURU’S GARBAGE WAS TAKEN BY US SITE NPR.ORG IN KATHMANDU AND ANOTHER SHOWING POTHOLES WAS SHOT IN MIZORAM REPORTEDLY

of the booklet is entirely true. Congress has lost its face after the charge sheet was released by us and is now only looking for loopholes,” Vamanacharya told IANS here.

BJP state unit in charge and Union human resource development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday had released the booklet listing the omissions and commissions of the ruling Congress government that “allegedly” ruined the city.

“Since the Congress came to power in 2013, Bengaluru has turned into a garbage city, a crime city and a rape city from what it was known for greenery, salubrious climate and IT prowess,” Javadekar had said.

The Congress has made the city a “hell” to live in, he had said. The BJP was demanding an answer from the ruling Congress for its “mal-administration” that led to the city’s infrastructure being ruined, he asserted.

BJP STARTS YATRA

BJP on Saturday launched a four-day ya train communally sensitive coast aland Maln ad regions of Karnataka, aiming to create awareness about the “anti-Hindu” policies of the Congress government in the state.

The ‘Jana Suraksha Yatra’ with a call “Mangaluru Chalo” was kicked off simultaneously from Kushalnagar and Ankola.

It would reach Mangaluru on March 6, where Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath is expected to address a rally, the party said.