UDUPI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged “nationalistic people” to unite and make the supporters of the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) bite the dust in the forthcoming elections in Karnataka.
Attacking the Congress-JD(S) governments of the past, CM Yogi said, “On one hand, they had let loose an anti-India organisation like the PFI to carry forward its anti-national activities, and on the other, are seeking a ban on an organisation like Bajrang Dal, which was dedicated to national and social service and devoted to Lord Hanuman. It amounts to disrespecting the Hindu faith and no nationalist will tolerate this”.
CM Yogi made these remarks during his marathon election rallies held in Koppa (Chikkamagaluru), Puttur (Dakshina Kannada) and Honnavar (Uttara Kannada) to seek votes for respective BJP candidates. He also held massive roadshows in Puttur and Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada and Karkala in Udupi.
The UP CM was campaigning for Sringeri candidate D N Jeevaraj, Puttur candidate Asha Thimmappa, Karkala candidate V Sunil Kumar, Bhatkal candidate Sunil Biliya Naik and Bantwal candidate Rajesh Naik.
He accused Congress and JD (S) of “putting barriers” in the development of Karnataka and the country and said that the double engine government led by PM Modi was carrying out developmental works with great speed and had earned ‘global prestige’ for the country.
“Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka have been culturally linked for thousands of years as the birthplace of Lord Shri Ram and his devotee and closest aide Lord Hanuman and both have strived for the goal of ‘Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat’. But, some people have problems with this goal. The JD(S) and Congress governments in Karnataka were responsible for riots and anarchy in the past. Our government banned an anti-national organisation like the PFI”, CM Yogi said.
The Chief Minister further said that the nationalist society will ensure the victory of the double engine government in the forthcoming assembly elections in Karnataka.
Emphasising that the double engine government was a guarantee of security and development, he said, “India has come a long way in the last nine years of the honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. The country’s global prestige has gone up significantly while massive infrastructural development is under way in highways, railways, metro, rapid rail, airports and waterway in addition to setting up of Science City, IIMs, IITs etc”.
“Houses and toilets are being built for every poor who are also being provided health insurance coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh under Ayushman Bharat. The government has been providing free ration to 80 crore people for the last three years and at the same has given 220 crore free doses of Covid vaccines”, he added.
Yogi further pointed out, “India is emerging as a global leader under the leadership of PM Modi. The PM is the captain of Team India, which is working towards this goal. Now, you have to decide if you want Karnataka to play a key role in Team India’s journey to global leadership, which is possible only in a double-engine government. Let’s make India so strong that it becomes a global leader.”
The Chief Minister also invited people to visit Ayodhya in January next year to attend the opening of the grand Ram Temple. He said that the enthusiasm of people suggested that they had made up their minds to bring the double engine government in Karnataka under the leadership of B S Yediyurappa and Basavraj Bommai. (ANI)