VIJAYAPURA: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looted Rs 1.5 lakh crore from Karnataka in the last three-and-half years.
While addressing a public meeting at Indi in the district, the Congress leader said, “In the last three-and-half years, they (BJP) have looted Rs 1.5 lakh crore from Karnataka. With the amount of money they looted, you could have built 100 AIIMS hospitals, 30,000 smart classrooms and houses for 30 lakh poor people. Today, they cannot talk about your issues in front of you, so every day they raise some new issue which has no meaning for your development”, she added.
Earlier on Tuesday, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a jibe at BJP saying that the saffron party is stealing democracy and urged the people to cast their votes in favour of the grand old party. Addressing a public rally in poll-bound Karnataka, Priyanka Gandhi said, “Nowadays, there are various types of thieves in the country, some steal from houses…now, some thieves ‘who steal the governments’ have also come, they are stealing the democracy…stop them….”(ANI)