Cong will be number one party in Karnataka, says Sena MP Raut

May 06, 2018 13:41

The Congress would emerge as the "number one party" in the Karnataka assembly elections, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said today, taking a swipe at the BJP for mobilising the "entire central machinery" for state campaigns.

He also said the understanding between the BJP and his party for the upcoming Legislative Council polls in Maharashtra didn't mean the Sena would forge an alliance with it in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in 2019.

"Whenever there are assembly polls, the entire central machinery and chief ministers of all BJP-ruled states go there (to campaign), leaving the administration of the country and of their own states in the lurch. The country is watching all this," Raut said, adding, ""Does the central leadership (of the BJP) not trust its own men in states? Why does Prime Minister Narendra Modi need to address dozens of campaign rallies when he is needed in Delhi to govern the country?"

Though an ally, the Sena has been continuously criticising the BJP and its governments in states and at the Centre.

-- PTI

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