Development our only agenda: PM Modi tells Karnataka BJP workers
PM Narendra Modi said today that development was his only agenda for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, and accused the state's Congress government of stalling its progress. Modi also accused the Congress of playing caste politics during elections. "BJP has a three-pronged agenda for Karnataka development, fast-paced development, all-round development," he told BJP leaders, office bearers, and party workers via video conference. Here's more.
PM Modi slammed Congress government of doing caste politics
"Our agenda is vikas (development), vikas, vikas," Modi said. Without naming the Lingayats, Modi accused the Congress government of doing caste politics. "When elections come, they offer lollipops to a caste group so they get busy with it. But the BJP's priority is politics of development," he said. The Siddaramaiah government recently recommended religious minority status for the Lingayat and its sub-group Veershaiva Lingayat.
Karnataka Congress govt responsible tardy progress of state
This move of Siddaramaiah-led government is seen as an attempt to divide the Lingayats, the bedrock of the BJP's voter base in the state. The Congress government in Karnataka, Modi alleged, was responsible for tardy progress of the state. With pre-poll surveys projecting a hung Assembly, Modi asked voters to elect a BJP government with an absolute majority to give a fillip to development.
