Snake a garland on LordShiva’s neck: PM Modi counters at Congress jibe | Latest News India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday qualified weapons at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his “venomous snake” barb at him, stating individuals of Karnataka will provide a befitting reply to the opposition celebration in the upcoming assembly surveys for making such remarks versus him.

The prime minister, who was on a two-day see to the poll-bound state, attended to 3 public conferences in the Vokkaliga-controlled Old Mysuru area. Polling for the 224-member Karnataka legal assembly will be hung on May 10 and counting of votes on May 13.

“They are comparing me to the snake and seeking votes from people. But the snake is a garland on Lord Shiva’s neck. For me, people of the country are like Lord Shiva. So, I’m fine with being the snake that adorns the neck of the people,” Modi said while attending to a rally in Kolar.

“I know that the people of Karnataka, the land of saints and sanskar (culture), will give a befitting reply to Congress’s abuses through votes,” he said. “The anger of the people against the Congress will reflect through votes on May 10.”

During an election campaign on April 27, Kharge compared Modi to a poisonous snake. “Don’t make a mistake. Modi is like a venomous snake. If you say, no, it’s not poisonous, let’s lick it and find out, don’t go to lick it. If you lick, you die,” Kharge had actually said in Kalburgi district.

Facing installing criticism, he later on backtracked his declaration and said his intent was not to hurt anybody’s sensations which he was describing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the celebration’s ideology in his remark.

Modi, who held a series of rallies in north Karnataka and a roadshow in Bengaluru a day earlier, ended his two-day journey to the poll-bound state by participating in a mega roadshow in Mysuru on Sunday night.

Attacking the Congress on the concern of corruption, the prime minister said the identity of the grand old celebration was that of “85% corruption” throughout its guideline.

“During Congress’s rule its top leader and then prime minister used to proudly say that if he sends ₹1 from Delhi,15 paise reaches the ground (to the people),” he said, including that it was an indicator that the Congress utilized to take 85 paise of the poor.

“On the other hand, under the BJP rule, 100% of the money meant for the poor reaches them. In fact, we sent ₹29 lakh crore in the last nine years to beneficiaries’ accounts through direct benefit transfer. If it was Congress, considering its 85% commission, about ₹24 lakh crore would not have reached beneficiaries,” he declared.

Modi’s remarks came as counter to the “40% commission” claims levelled versus the BJP-led Karnataka federal government by the Congress.

Referring to the Gandhi family, Modi said that their close partners were out on bail in cases connected to abnormalities worth countless crores. “Since top leaders of the party are involved in corruption, Congress cannot be anti-corruption. Only BJP can fight corruption,” Modi declared.

“Congress is an outdated engine. Development halted because of them and they have a bundle of fake guarantees,” he said. “They betrayed the public, but the BJP fulfilled all of them through development works.”

Addressing another public conference at Channapatna in Ramanagara district, a bastion of the Janata Dal (Secular), Modi called the JD(S) the “B-team” of Congress.

“The Congress and the JD(S) are responsible for the instability. They pretend to be two separate parties but are one in their hearts. They are together in Delhi. They assist each other in Parliament,” Modi said.

“Both are dynastic parties and encourage corruption. Both the parties see opportunity in instability…For a very long time, Karnataka has seen the drama of unstable government. Unstable governments provide a chance to loot,” he said, including that this time Karnataka has actually chosen to “end the decades of coalition politics”.

The BJP has actually been attempting to make inroads into the Old Mysuru area, which sends out 61 lawmakers to the 224-member assembly, where the celebration has actually not carried out well in previous surveys.

Hitting back, state Congress chief DK Shivakumar said rather of keeping a tab of criticism by Opposition celebrations versus him, the prime minister ought to provide an account of his celebration’s accomplishments in the state.

“The prime minister and chief ministers of different (BJP-ruled) states are coming to campaign for the BJP. Modi, who is called as Vishwaguru, is in such a big position that he is coming to the state and giving an account of the criticisms against him. But the people of the state are waiting for him to give an account of their achievements and development programmes,” Shivakumar said.

Congress in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala required to twitter to assault the PM. “On the second day of PM Modi’s FLOP show in Karnataka, one thing is absolutely clear – Modi ji is giving excuses and justifying #40Percentsarkara & Corrupt, Commission Culture!” he said. “Modi ji, don’t lower the dignity of the PM’s chair by justifying 40% commission. People of Karnataka have made up their minds – No More #PayCM, we want 5 Guarantees of Congress!”