Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stated there’s a sturdy undercurrent in favour of Congress in ballot -sure Karnataka however pressed on his leaders to make sure that the celebration wins at the least one hundred fifty seats in order that the subsequent authorities is now no longer “stolen” through a corrupt BJP.
He additionally reminded every person that human beings withinside the celebration have a obligation to shield the concept of India from the RSS and BJP amid hatred, violence and assaults at the u . s . a .`s institutions.
The Congress chief arrived in Karnataka on a two-day occasion to participate in a chain of activities in Kolar, Bengaluru and Bidar earlier than flying lower back to Delhi.
“Most people are aware about what the BJP is doing to the state in phrases of hatred and violence, the assault on institutions. These are the matters which might be seen to absolutely each person,” Mr Gandhi stated after inaugurating Indira Gandhi Bhavan.
Dwelling on his celebration’s potentialities withinside the May 10 Karnataka Assembly election, he stated, “We are dealing with an election now in Karnataka and I am pretty satisfied to look that there’s a totally sturdy undercurrent in favour of the Congress and I am assured that the celebration goes to win the election.” The Congress chief expressed happiness that there changed into “positive quantity of solidarity” amongst celebration leaders withinside the kingdom. “I am satisfied to look additionally that there’s a positive quantity of solidarity amongst all our leaders, solidarity of cause and solidarity of action. I noticed all of the leaders of Karnataka all through the Bharat Jodo Yatra,” he added.
Winning elections in a near way will now no longer paintings in Karnataka, Mr Gandhi stated urging his leaders to win at the least one hundred fifty seats of the entire 224 withinside the Assembly.
“We ought to win the election with one hundred fifty seats due to the fact the BJP is a corrupt agency. The BJP has a big amount of cash that they’ve stolen from the human beings of Karnataka and they’ll try to thieve the subsequent authorities as well,” he underlined.
The Congress chief stated he changed into assured that if Congress campaigned in a united way and stood together, then the celebration will win the election arms down.
“The essence of our u . s . a ., the character of our u . s . a . is being attacked and it’s far our obligation as Congress human beings, as human beings who’ve helped construct the contemporary-day concept of India, because the institution, the agency that has helped construct the contemporary-day concept of India to shield it from RSS and the BJP.” Lashing out on the Basavaraj Bommai-led dispensation, the previous Congress president stated absolutely each person knew the kingdom authorities in Karnataka is one of the maximum corrupt withinside the u . s . a ..
“The tag ‘forty consistent with cent Sarkar’ has stuck. Everybody knows that the BJP in Karnataka is a image of corruption,” Mr Gandhi stated stating that the human beings of Karnataka are eager to educate a lesson to the ‘forty consistent with cent Sarkar’.
Stating that the BJP authorities has “long gone past being corrupt”, Mr Gandhi underscored that regardless of what Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated or did, it changed into very clean to the human beings of Karnataka that the BJP wasted its time.
“They have stolen 5 years of theirs due to the fact this authorities did now no longer belong to them. This changed into a non-BJP authorities that changed into elected and this changed into a central authority that has been stolen,” the Congress chief stated.
Congress has made corruption as a ballot plank alleging that the ministers call for forty consistent with cent fee on public works from contractors.
Appealing to the Congress people to paintings difficult on this election, he stated a message ought to be conveyed that the celebration is coming to electricity with a critical cause to supply matters to the human beings of Karnataka.
In the outgoing 224-member Assembly, the BJP presently has 119 seats, accompanied through the Congress with seventy five and the JD (S) with 28 seats. Two seats are vacant.
While polling for the Assembly election will take area on May 10, the consequences might be declared on May 13.
