Bengaluru: BJP chief Amit Shah today launched
a scathing attack on the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government
in Karnataka, accusing it of having broken "all records" in
corruption.
Kickstarting the BJP state unit's "Nava Karnataka Nirmana
Parivarthana Yatra" at a rally here, he claimed that a survey
had found that the state government was the "most corrupt" in
the country.
Shah described state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa, who is
spearheading the yatra, as the prospective chief minister and
claimed that the 'yatra" would lead to the ouster of the
Siddaramaiah government.
Shah alleged that the funds released by the central
government to the state were not reaching the people they were
intended to benefit.
The BJP chief also slammed the state government for
celebrating the birth anniversary of 18th century Mysore ruler
Tipu Sultan as "Tipu Jayanti" on November 10 and claimed that
it was "votebank politics".
"The government is more interested in celebrating
November 10 as Tipu Jayanti rather than celebrating Kannada
Rajyotsava (state formation day which fell yesterday) with
grandeur," he claimed.
The BJP has been opposing the event as it sees Tipu
Sultan as a "religious bigot" and a "brutal killer".
The 75-day yatra, launched at the Bangalore International
Exhibition Centre grounds off Tumakuru road, is aimed at
"exposing" the alleged misdeeds of the Congress government.
It will criss-cross all the 224 assembly constituencies
in the state.
A galaxy of national leaders, including Home Minister
Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, are expected to take part in
the yatra at different places.
During the yatra, BJP leaders will hold public meetings
in each assembly constituency, and present an alternative
agenda for development.
The BJP is eyeing to capture power in the assembly polls
in Karnataka due early next year. The party had installed its
first-ever government in the South in 2008.
The rally will culminate in Bengaluru on January 28 and
it will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
