KALABURAGI: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday denied a BJP wave in the state and said there is only Congress and five guarantee waves.
“A big trend is going on here. There is no wave of BJP in the state. It is only a Congress wave and five guarantee wave which has been there. Congress party will win more than 20 seats in Karnataka. There will be a change in Karnataka. The JD(S) will merge with BJP or the BJP will throw them out of their NDA”, Shivakumar said.
A day ago, taking a jibe at Janata Dal (Secular) chief and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and his son H D Kumaraswamy, also a former CM, Shivakumar questioned how both leaders will strengthen their party if their family members will be contesting from BJP. “How can Kumaraswamy and Deve Gowda field their family members from the BJP and build the JDS party?” quipped Shivakumar.
Shivakumar was speaking at the KPCC office after JD(S) leader Akkuroddi Shivanna and other leaders and workers joined the Congress party on Thursday night. Shivakumar said, “The party has reached this state as a result of Deve Gowda transferring the power of the party to Kumaraswamy”.
“This time we are getting a lead even in Bangalore South, where we have been losing every time. Along with that, we will get a lead in Rajarajeshwari Nagar and Anekal. There is no Modi wind anywhere,” said Shivakumar.
Further talking about the five-poll guarantee given by Congress ahead of the assembly polls, Shivakumar said, “Within five months of coming to power, we have implemented all the guarantee schemes of Gruha Lakshmi, Gruha Jyothi, Anna Bhagya, Shakti and Yuvanidhi schemes”.
“If our government comes to power at the Centre, we have given many schemes, including Rs 1 lakh per year for poor women, Rs 1 lakh per year for youth, and health insurance up to Rs 25 lakh for farmers and workers”, he added further. Shivakumar also claimed, “In the last one month, about 10,000 workers have left the BJP and JD(S) and joined the Congress party”. (ANI)