Modi goes hammer and tongs at Cong. on Kharge’s home turf
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the BJP’s campaign for Lok Sabha elections 2024 in Karnataka from Kalaburagi, the home turf of Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge, by training his guns on the Congress government in the State.
Addressing a gathering at N.V. College Ground here on Saturday, on the same day that the schedule of Lok Sabha elections was announced, the Prime Minister said: “The law and order in the State is out of order. Antisocial thoughts are openly protected. Fear is being created in people’s minds. People are suffering, and Congress is busy in looting. Soot can go away from coal, but corruption cannot go away from the Congress.”
Taking potshots at the guarantee schemes of the Congress government, he said: “Congress had promised free electricity, but people got power cut and darkness. Farmers are asking how their pump sets in the field would operate when there is no power supply.” The Prime Minister also accused the Congress government of “deceiving” 55 lakh PMKisan beneficiaries in Karnataka by cutting the State government’s contribution.
“The previous BJP government in Karnataka had added ₹4,000 to the amount paid by the Union Government to each farmer. However, the Congress stopped the provision of paying this ₹4,000. Congress is cutting scholarships for the youth. Congress’ loot is such that its government doesn’t have money even for small development projects. Legislators are told that the government doesn’t have money. Congress knows that it cannot form a government again. That is why its only agenda is to loot as much as possible,” he alleged.