In a major boost to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to take out a 36.6-km roadshow in Bengaluru on Saturday covering 17 assembly constituencies of the city, said sources.
Siddharth Singh, who, at 25, is the youngest candidate in the Karnataka Assembly polls, denied her aunt Rani Sanjukta's claim that the ruling BJP indulged in "family politics" by giving him a ticket to contest the state elections.
The Congress party on Tuesday in its manifesto for the upcoming May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections said it will take "decisive action" as per law including banning organisations like Bajrang Dal, the Popular Front of India and others.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda on Wednesday alleged that Congress has been putting obstacles on the path of State's development, adding that the manifesto of the grand old party for the upcoming May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections is the "manifestation of their mental lev
"If there is instability in Karnataka, your fortune will also remain unstable. Congress is the enemy of peace in Karnataka... it is the enemy of development. Congress protects the masterminds of terror...promotes appeasement," said PM Modi.
"Babasaheb Ambedkar had said that reservation cannot be given on the basis of religion. This is the basis of our constitution...Today Congress is saying that we will give reservations to the Muslims," said Sarma in Bengaluru.
"When Babri Masjid was demolished, they made a resolution of rebuilding a mosque there. What became of that? A lot of things are said before elections. You can see what happens post-elections...," said Owaisi.
The Congress on Tuesday released its manifesto for Karnataka polls making a slew of promises such as 'Gruha Jyoti', 'Gruha Lakshmi' and 'Anna Bhagya' even as it apparently sought to draw a parallel between Bajrang Dal and PFI and said it will take decisive action as per law including impo
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday hit out at Congress for its poll promise to ban the Bajrang Dal in Karnataka, and said that its manifesto "looks like that of Popular Front of India" while alleging that the party is saying so to "appease Muslims".