Sidda turns to Modi, says he also fought from 2 seats
Facing a barrage of attacks from the Opposition BJP and JD( S) for his decision to contest from two seats — Chamundeshwari and Badami — in the May 12 Assembly polls, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah tried to turn the tables on his rivals saying even PM Narendra Modi had contested from two seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls — Vadodara and Varanasi.
Dismissing JD( S) state president H. D. Kumaraswamy’s claim that he was contesting from Badami owing to the fear of losing in Chamundeswari, the CM hit back asking, “Is it because of the fear of losing in one seat that Mr Kumaraswamy is contesting in two ( Chennapatna and Ramanagara)?” When asked about BJP plans to field Ballari MP B. Sriramulu against him in Badami, he retorted, “Let them field anyone. I am not worried.”
Meanwhile, BJP state chief B. S. Yeddyurappa said he was ready to contest against Siddaramaiah in Badami if party national president Amit Shah asked him to do so. “If I’m asked to contest, I’m ready,” he said.
Ghaziabad, April 22: Rahul Gandhi keeps asking what the Modi government has done in the past four years when the country wants to know what the Congress did for the masses in its 50 years, BJP chief Amit Shah said on Sunday.
Mr Shah said the top priority of the government, which is led by his party, was to ensure security on borders and handling terrorism strictly by adopting a zero tolerance policy.
The BJP chief was addressing the concluding session of the party’s “Mahila Morcha” national executive meeting at a private institute here.
Without taking any names he said when our “enemy” had forgotten the incident in which our soldiers were beheaded by its army, India launched surgical strikes to avenge the incident.
Attacking Mr Gandhi, he said the Congress president keeps asking what had been done in four years of the Modi government. The country wants to know that what Congress had done in its regime of 50 years for the masses, Mr Shah said.
The BJP government is providing loans to unemployed youth to make them self employed. The opposition parties took jibe on the issue by talking of “pakodas”, he said. Any kind of job which involves hardwork is considered dignified, he added.
The previous governments were indulging in corruption, he alleged as he lauded the Modi government.
India will lead climate change conference in the coming years, Mr Shah said. He also gave some important tips to women workers of BJP to ensure victory in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.