HOSAPETE: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday slammed the Congress party and called it a ‘sinking ship’.
Speaking after inaugurating ‘Jan Sankalp Yatra’ at theDr Puneet Rajkumar district Stadium here, he said those who have secured the future of Dalits, oppressed classes, students, women and youths are not scared but those who got involved in illegal activities are scared.
“You shut down the Lokayukta and started the Anti-Corruption Bureau to cover up corruption during your tenure. Now, the Lokayukta is strengthened and all your scams are coming out. All omissions and commissions committed by you will be enquired and punishment is sure for those who are guilty. The corruption of Congress is uncovered now”, Bommai said.
The CM said the Congress leaders are shattered by the roaring of the ‘Raja Huli’ on Tuesday and for this reason, they target former CM B S Yediyurappa. They have made certain comments on the former CM, but Raja Huli will not care, he said. “You tried to reign in Yediyurappa and filed false cases to keep him away from power, but he came back like a sphinx and became the CM again”, he added.
Bommai said the Congress compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the dust of a tiny toe of former PM Jawaharlal Nehru. “Is Nehru equivalent to the tiny toe of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi? The entire world appreciated Modi for vaccinating 1.25 billion people during the Covid-19 pandemic and also donating vaccines to several nations. Several schemes like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and Ujwala are launched for the welfare of people. The farmers got the Kisan Samman scheme. When the entire globe is gripped by recession, only India’s economy is growing stronger. Unfortunately, Siddaramaiah is suffering from amnesia”, Bommai said.
“Former AICC president Rahul Gandhi is tired of trying to bring KPCC president D K Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah together. The concept of two nations was placed before Lord Mountbatten by Mohammed Ali Jinnah. But it was the Congress, just for the sake of power, that neglected Gandhiji’s words and divided the nation,” the CM remarked.
“They broke the country into pieces then and now they are undertaking a Bharath Jodo Yatra. It was former PM Indira Gandhi who supported Khalistan and the Congress party supported LTTE in Tamil Nadu. Just for their selfishness, Congress leaders committed unpardonable blunders”, he further stated. (ANI)
Former CM B S Yediyurappa, Ministers Anand Singh, Shashikala Jolle, Govind Karjol, B Sriramulu, Halappa Achar, MP YDevendrappa and others were present.