Bengaluru: Chief Minister in action ahead of Karnataka assembly elections Basavaraj Bommai The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced that it would start its Rath Yatra from March 1, the details of which are being worked out.
Addressing a gathering of party prabharis (in-charge) for each of the 224 constituencies, CM Bommai said that this being the election season, the responsibility of driving these ‘raths’ rests with the in-charges, who have to be deployed in every constituency of the state. required to reach home. and creating awareness about the populist schemes launched by the Central and State Governments.
“I understand that each one of you (in-charge) is leaving your home and constituencies for three months and going to another constituency where the outreach work is up to you,” he said.
Bommai accused the Congress of promoting corruption and even shutting down the Lokayukta with the formation of the ACB, and asked the in-charges to inform people in every assembly constituency about it.
We need to remind people that it is the Congress which has shut down the Lokayukta and tried to protect itself in corruption cases by setting up the ACB. We (BJP) opened the Lokayukta on the basis of directions of the High Court and are now seeing many corruption cases against the Congress being transferred to it.
Later, former chief minister BS Yediyurappa said the party needed to create awareness among people about the strong leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that he is an asset to the country.
“Who will the Congress project? Will they showcase Rahul Gandhi in front of PM Modi? We need to inform people about more popular schemes provided by the PM to the people in the country,” he said.
Addressing a gathering of party prabharis (in-charge) for each of the 224 constituencies, CM Bommai said that this being the election season, the responsibility of driving these ‘raths’ rests with the in-charges, who have to be deployed in every constituency of the state. required to reach home. and creating awareness about the populist schemes launched by the Central and State Governments.
“I understand that each one of you (in-charge) is leaving your home and constituencies for three months and going to another constituency where the outreach work is up to you,” he said.
Bommai accused the Congress of promoting corruption and even shutting down the Lokayukta with the formation of the ACB, and asked the in-charges to inform people in every assembly constituency about it.
We need to remind people that it is the Congress which has shut down the Lokayukta and tried to protect itself in corruption cases by setting up the ACB. We (BJP) opened the Lokayukta on the basis of directions of the High Court and are now seeing many corruption cases against the Congress being transferred to it.
Later, former chief minister BS Yediyurappa said the party needed to create awareness among people about the strong leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that he is an asset to the country.
“Who will the Congress project? Will they showcase Rahul Gandhi in front of PM Modi? We need to inform people about more popular schemes provided by the PM to the people in the country,” he said.