Congress guarantees will push state to financial peril, says caretaker CM Bommai

BENGALURU: Caretaker Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the BJP will assess what went wrong and what corrective steps need to be taken at a meeting soon.

The caretaker CM, who received several BJP leaders at the residence in RT Nagar, said those who had won and the others who had lost, had shared their experiences and added that they will soon reenergise the party and take up people’s cause.

Referring to the Congress guarantees, he recalled his earlier statement and said that the state will face financial troubles. “Let them first form the government. The people have voted for the Congress based on their guarantees. It is up to the Congress to live up to the voters’ trust. Let the people decide”, he said.

Bommai also visited Keshava Krupa, the RSS headquarters in Chamarajpet, and held discussions. Emerging from the meeting, he said they discussed about the electoral outcome and ways to strengthen the party.

BJP national general secretary C T Ravi speaking to media persons outside caretaker CM Basavaraj Bommai’s residence in RT Nagar, Bengaluru, on Monday.

BJP national general secretary C T Ravi, who also called on the Basavaraj Bommai, said the party needs to introspect the electoral loss. “Issues like cow slaughter, love jihad will come up now. The Congress victory is like watering and applying fertiliser to fundamentalist forces”, he said.

Meanwhile, victorious BJP leaders including S Suresh Kumar, Siddu Savadi, Umanath Kotian and several others met senior leader B S Yediyurappa individually at ‘Cauvery’ on Kumara Krupa Road.