New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of making personal attacks while campaigning for the Assembly in Karnataka. Referring to congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s recent remarks at a BJP rally in Bidar’s Humnabad on Saturday, he said, “Congress leaders have made personal attacks against me 91 times. ’’
Accusing Congress leaders of personal attacks, he said, “Not just aimed at me, but the Congress.
The leaders also made derogatory remarks about Veer Savarkar and Babasaheb Ambedkar. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a venomous snake at an election rally in Kalaburagi on Thursday. Kharge later apologised for his remarks. Defending his statement, he said, “It is the BJP, not Modi, who is like a poisonous snake. Death is inevitable when you touch your face!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday did not hear anything about the derogatory remarks made by influential Karnataka BJP MLA and former minister Vasangoda Patil Yatmal about Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. Addressing a public meeting in Koppal, Patil called Sonia a “poison girl” and a “spy for Pakistan and China”. The Congress had then asked Modi’s “stand” on the issue.
The 224-member Karnataka Assembly will go to polls in a phase on May 10. Counting may 13. Some exit polls have predicted that the Congress is set to be the “largest party” in the only BJP-ruled state in south India this time. Modi has been campaigning there since Saturday. He is scheduled to participate in eight programmes (six public meetings and two roadshows) during his two-day visit. That includes three events on Saturday. After Bidar, he went to Vijayapur to address a public meeting. The Prime Minister is scheduled to attend a roadshow in Bengaluru in the afternoon.
