Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a stinging jibe at the Congress party and alleged that the grand old party wants to make the poll-bound state of Karnataka as "number-1 ATM" for serving "shahi family" sitting in the national capital".
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday said alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looted Rs 1.5 lakh crore from Karnataka in the last three and a half years.
"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".
The Election Commission of India (ECI) taking serious note of the "plummeting level" of campaign discourse in the run-up to the Karnataka assembly polls on Tuesday issued an advisory to all national and State political parties and candidates to exercise caution and restraint in their utteran
Reacting to the manifesto released by the Congress party for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi called the promises a "bundle of lies" and said that similar promises made in other states haven't been fulfilled yet.