‘He is the only PM who tells lies, entire India knows this’: State Minister Ramalinga Reddy

BENGALURU: Backing Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Thursday said the PM is known for making false claims and “entire India knows this.”

Speaking to reporters, Minister Reddy said, “He is the only PM who tells lies. Entire India knows this.BJP people are liars. Why do you give prominence to those people?”

Responding to a question on the recent stampede incident in Bengaluru, Reddy said it would not be appropriate to comment at this stage as an official investigation is under way.

“Already, an inquiry is going on. It’s better not to comment on it now,” the minister said.

Meanwhile, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had earlier sharpened his attack on Prime Minister Modi, marking the completion of 11 years of the BJP-led government at the Centre. Drawing from his decades-long political experience, Kharge alleged that he had “never seen a Prime Minister who lies so much.”

#WATCH | Bengaluru | On Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s remarks on PM Modi, Karnataka Minister Ramalinga Reddy says, “He is the only PM who tells lies. Entire India knows this.”

On the Bengaluru stampede, he says, “…Already an inquiry is going on. It’s better not to… pic.twitter.com/IFFR2d6Dv4

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The Congress President said that he had been in politics for 65 years and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been deceiving the youth and securing votes by luring the poor.

Kharge added, “I had been saying this in Parliament for a long time, and I had never seen a Prime Minister who lied so much, made so many mistakes, trapped people, deceived the youth, and took votes by misleading them. I had been in politics for 65 years. He lied about everything, and not a single promise was implemented.”

Furthermore, the Congress President highlighted that PM Narendra Modi did not respond whenever he was questioned on issues such as demonetisation, MSP, or unemployment.

“When we asked him, he did not have any answers—whether it was about demonetisation, unemployment, or MSP. There were so many such issues. He never told the people that he had misled them. He just kept making one statement after another and claimed that his 11 years were over,” Kharge added. (ANI)