Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday hit out at the Congress by saying that the frustrated Congress Party has continued the series of releasing the bogus cards with the fear of losing the coming election.
Intensifying his attack on Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of Indian democracy in London, Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Saturday said the leader whose party is being rejected by the public is saying that democracy is "under attack".
The Congress Central Election Committee will meet in the national capital on March 17, Friday, to pick the candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, sources said.
Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the biggest strength of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is its robust grassroots-level organisation.
Heaping praises on the Bommai government, Minister of Women and Child Development Halappa Achar, said, "We have ensured the base of the government is as per Modi Govt's slogan 'Sab Ka Saath, Sab Ka Vikas, Sab Ka Vishwas Sab Ka Prayas.'
It has to be noted that the debate around Tipu Sultan has taken centre stage in the political corridors of Karnataka. Last week, Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel stated that followers of Tipu sultan should not be alive. Kateel also stated that upcoming elections will not be fought betw
Sahevzada Mansoor Ali said that while BJP is trying to project Tipu Sultan as a villain, Congress is trying to project him as a hero to gain the votes of his admirers.
Coming down heavily on the Congress party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Tuesday said that the former appeases a particular religion, hampers law and order situation and he hoped that the people of Karnataka will support BJP.
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Chief DK Shivakumar has accused the Bommai government of hastily preparing tenders and doubling the amounts of the tenders passed just before the elections and said that the Congress is determined to uproot the corrupt state government.
Though it is an official visit by the Union Home Minister, BJP is taking advantage out of it for political mileage and has made all preparations to welcome Shah.
He alleged that the BJP wrongfully colluded with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to remove Siddaramiah from the post of Chief Minister and replaced him with Basvaraj Bommai.