Countdown for the exit of Cong from K'taka has begun: PM

February 04, 2018 19:01

In a stinging attack on the Siddaramaiah government on all fronts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused it of setting new records in corruption and asserted that the countdown for its exit has begun.

"The Congress government is at the exit gate," Modi told a huge public rally in Bengaluru, as he took on the Siddaramaiah rule dubbing it a "10 per cent commission government."

Chiding the government on the law and order front, he said, "instead of the rule of law, the criminals are ruling the roost."

The rally at the sprawling Palace Grounds marked the culmination of the state BJP's 85-day "Parivarthana Yatra" that crisscrossed all 224 assembly constituencies and virtually sounded the bugle for the coming assembly polls in the state, due early this year.

The BJP has set a 150-plus seats mission.

Asserting that there was a "saffron wave" in the state, Modi said the people of Karnataka had decided to make the state Congress free and to get rid of Congress culture.

"Congress government is a 10 per cent government, where no work happens without paying a commission of 10 per cent. It is a matter of shame if this becomes the identity of a government," he said.

Charging the state with setting new records in corruption, Modi said "Congress free government means freedom from dynastic rule, nepotism, corruption and loot."

He also referred to the IT raids at the residences of two state ministers and that a raid on a senior Congress leader revealed Benami property and said, "there are steel mafia, sand mafia and transfer mafia' in the state."

The prime minister said some people hatched a conspiracy to pocket crores of rupees in the name of building a steel bridge.

"Due to public outrage and BJP's protest, the project was dropped," Modi said.

He was referring to a steel bridge project in the city at a major traffic junction, which was scrapped after public protest.

Referring to a spate of killings of activists of BJP and the Sangh Parivar, he said a number of workers associated with BJP and its affiliated organisations have been killed.

"It is an assault on the social fabric. I appeal to the people of Karnataka to vote against the government which attacks the social fabric of the state," he said. -- PTI

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