Kumuta: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he is a good dramatist and just an event manager. There are winds of change in Uttara Kannada Loksabha Constituency and there is a good opportunity to bring in new change.
He was speaking at the Prajadhwani-02 Lok Sabha election campaign programme organized in Kumuta on behalf of his party candidate Anjali Nimbalkar and appealed to voters.
‘BJP claims that they protect women. But what the alliance candidate Prajwal Revanna has done is well known. You gave a ticket to Prajwal Revanna knowing fully well that he is a rapist. The people of the entire state are asking if this is the way to protect girls and rapists. Modi just lies. Modi has not tried to fulfill any promises and he is not fit to remain in the prime minister’s chair as he cannot solve the problems’, he said
For ten years, the Narendra Modi-led government did not empower the country’s poor. He did not ask what their hardships and happiness were. He said that if there is a BJP government in Karnataka and at the centre, it will be a double engine government. The CM said that the BJP government in Karnataka looted for 3 years and 10 months and did nothing for the poor, farmers, backward and minorities.
I have complete belief that the people should bless our party’s candidate this time. This time you have the opportunity to bring in the change, he said
“Narendra Modi alleges that there is a looting gang in Karnataka. Modi did not respond when the contractors association accused the BJP government of being a 40% government. Even when people said that it was 40% government, you just tolerated it. It means you tolerate corruption. You are inducting corrupt people into the government”, the CM quipped.
Modi said that he would double the income of the farmers, they would reduce the price of essentials, and nothing was reduced. He said that he will make the lives of farmers and poor people very trouble-free. He said that he did not do it till now. No promise was fulfilled in the country. He kept the people in an illusionary world. He brought up emotional issues and stirred emotions. People’s problems were not solved. Hence the life of the poor became difficult, he said.
Five guarantees were implemented to improve the lives of people in the state. 200 crore women have travelled for free under Shakti scheme. The guarantee schemes have been appreciated by the people of the state. The center did not agree to supply rice to the people of the state and did injustice to the poor of the state. So the state government paid Rs 170 instead of 5 kg of rice.
He said, 1.60 crore families have benefited from the Griha Jyoti scheme. The Grihalakshmi scheme has been implemented for 1.20 crore women. The Yuva Nidhi scheme is extended to unemployed youth. Congress has never done the job of asking for votes by lying. He called upon the people to support the Congress party which will fulfil its promises.
KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar, former Governor Mrs. Margaret Alva, former Ministers R. V. Deshpande, Ramanath Rai,Minister Mankala Vaidya, Campaign Committee President Vinay Kumar Sorake, MLA Bhimanna Nayak, Satish, former MLAs and local leaders were present.
