Addressing a rally in Karnataka’s Chitradurga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the Congress-led government in the state.
He said both the JD(S) and the Congress were trying to benefit each other, forgetting the interest of the common people.
“No one knows who’s running the government in Karnataka. Both the defeated parties have got together for their own benefit so they are trying to accommodate each other,” he added.
कर्नाटका की सरकार कौन चला रहा है, ये किसी को अंदाज़ा नहीं है।
क्योंकि दोनों हारे हुए दल सिर्फ सत्ता के लिए, स्वार्थ के लिए साथ आए हैं, इसलिए एक दूसरे को संभालने में ही लगे हुए हैं: प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi #IsBaarNaMoPhirSe https://t.co/h1Oy3LuJHk
— BJP (@BJP4India) April 9, 2019
PM Modi also said, “Just like air strike, they also raised questions on strike in the space. They didn’t have the courage to sanction missile tests. They neither respect soldiers and nor science. It’s about time to teach a lesson to such parties and people.”
Just like air strike, they also raised questions on strike in the space. They didn't have the courage to sanction missile tests.
They neither respect soldiers and nor science. It's about time to teach a lesson to such parties and people: PM @narendramodi #IsBaarNaMoPhirSe
— BJP (@BJP4India) April 9, 2019
Earlier in the day, he held a rally in Latur district of Maharashtra and invoked India’s airstrikes in Pakistan. He also appealed to voters, especially youngsters, to cast their votes for the soldiers.
Modi is also scheduled to hold rally Karnataka’s Mysore and Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore.
Meanwhile, Congress president Rahul Gandhi called the BJP manifesto ‘the voice of an isolated man’, which is ‘short-sighted and arrogant’. He also said the PM was “scared of debating” with him on the issue of corruption.
The Congress manifesto was created through discussion. The voice of over a million Indian people it is wise and powerful.
The BJP Manifesto was created in a closed room. The voice of an isolated man, it is short sighted and arrogant.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 9, 2019
Latur, Chitradurga, Mysore and Coimbatore will go to poll on April 18. The results for the Lok Sabha seats will be announced on May 23.