'The Kerala Story' emerged as a major issue in Karnataka polls after the Congress in its manifesto compared PFI with Bajrang Dal and assured to ban it if it comes to power in Karnataka after winning the upcoming elections thus inviting criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
All three major political parties in the state - BJP, Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) have put all their efforts to woo the voters, making promises and launching accusations at each other to secure a majority in the state's 224-seat Assembly.
The mega battle for the ballot is set to start in the poll-bound state Karnataka as 2,615 candidates are in the fray, in a bid to attract voters for the 224 assembly constituency.
Addressing a joint press conference after the meeting, Patnaik said, "Ours is a known friendship and we were colleagues many years ago. No discussion was held on any alliances today. Land in Puri is being given free of cost to the Bihar government to build a Bihar Bhawan there."
All three major political parties in the state - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) have put all their efforts to woo the voters, making promises and launching accusations at each other to secure a majority in the state's 224-seat Assembly.
Attacking Congress ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the former has become a slave of appeasement and vote-bank politics.
Amid the political storm that erupted after the Congress put the Bajarnd Dal ban promise in its election manifesto for the Karnataka assembly election, Bihar's Nalanda MP and JDU leader Kaushalendra Kumar said on Thursday that he wanted Bajrang Dal banned in Bihar
"All those things are not important. When Congress Govt ruled for 5 years, why did they not ban it then? Why are they raising the issue now? We have to change the culture of those organisations. We have to teach them how to behave in public life. That is important," says JD(S) leader HD K
According to the Congress' internal report, the party hopes to gain power in Karnataka and leaves no stone unturned. In this regard, the party is continuously asking for secret reports from supervisors so that wherever there is any deficiency, it can be rectified.
With a week to go for assembly polls in Karnataka, political parties have stepped up their campaign and senior leaders of BJP, Congress and JD-S addressed rallies and held roadshows to woo voters on Wednesday