Union Minister Irani further said that the Congress leader should not make such promises in the State as his party is not winning the May 10 Assembly elections.
"Congress Party is behaving in a manner that will hurt the sentiments of others, and also succumb to their pressure. If the BJP spoke against the SDPI and PFI, the Congress leaders are disturbed. This indicates how the grand old party is doing appeasement politics," said Bommai.
With the promise of a possible ban on Bajrang Dal in its election manifesto being made a big election issue by BJP, the Congress has done an internal survey which says only a small section of people in Karnataka feel it is an election issue, party sources said.
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
Hitting out at the Congress over its promise to ban Bajrang Dal on the lines of the Popular Front of India (PFI) if voted to power in Karnataka, the international joint general secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (HP), Surendra Jain on Thursday asked the grand old party to tender an apolog
In this regard, Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter and said, "Many congratulations to all our Babbar Sher workers, leaders and members of the state for the big victory of Congress in Shimla Municipal Corporation elections. The Himachal government fulfilled the promise given to the people, that is
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader KS Eshwarappa on Thursday burnt the Congress manifesto released for the upcoming state Assembly polls for the party's promise to ban Bajrang Dal on the lines of the Popular Front of India if voted to power.
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.
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.
United Hindu Front working president and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jai Bhagwan Goyal on Wednesday said the Congress party's alleged comparison of Bajrang Dal with the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) was an insult to Hindus.
Attacking Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) ahead of the Karnataka assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said people of the state must be careful about 'shortcut politics' of the Congress and JDS.
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".