Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get a clear majority in the upcoming assembly elections.
"BJP has made the election system corrupt. They have started "Operation Lotus". They spend lots of money. The Election Commission should conduct the election in a free and fair manner. We hope they will do it," Siddaramaiah said.
Addressing a rally in poll-bound Karnakata on Saturday, PM Modi, without naming the former Karnakata CM, said, "I came across a video on social media where a prominent leader of a political party is seen slapping his own party worker in full public view. Can those, who can't treat their own
Unable to face Rahul Gandhi's truth, the Narendra Modi government has disqualified him from Lok Sabha membership and displayed cowardice. This is a dark day in Indian parliamentary democracy," he said in a press statement.
Coming down heavily on the Congress, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the grand old party, which is being wiped out of the country, wants to make Karnataka their ATM.
In a video that went viral on social media, Siddaramaiah could be seen surrounded by a crowd outside his residence. The supporter had come to him amid a huge crowd of visitors there.
Karnataka leader of the opposition and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tweeted about the Bharat Jodo Yatra and Police visit to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's residence, on Monday.
The Congress top brass has asked Siddaramaiah to enter the fray from his traditional stronghold of Varuna in the Mysuru district, where his son doctor Yatindra Siddaramaiah won in the 2018 Assembly Elections.
Siddaramaiah said that Maharashtra is violating the sovereignty of Karnataka and central govt should dismiss the Maha Govt. He also demanded CM Bommai's resignation for failing to protect the interest of Karnataka.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the arrest of BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa's son in a bribery case, asking if he has a "share" in the "corrupt money".
On Wednesday, Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar exuded confidence that the Basavaraj-led BJP government in Karnataka will not be able to secure more than 65 seats in the elections slated in the state later this year.