Bengaluru: A day earlier than the ballot marketing campaign for the Karnataka meeting election involves an finish, the Congress appears to be making a last-ditch try to indicate that its home is so as, one video at a time.
The get together Sunday launched Sunday a brief video of a “heart-to-heart” chat between state unit chief D.Okay. Shivakumar and former chief minister Siddaramaiah — the 2 males whose rivalry has made the information within the run-up to the polls, with each being seen as chief ministerial contenders if the get together involves energy.
Within the five-minute video — the primary of a two-part collection — the senior leaders enquire about one another’s well being, share insights from one another’s marketing campaign trails, and in addition accuse the ruling BJP of not fulfilling the guarantees it made to the folks. The second half guarantees to inform the viewers why “folks have misplaced religion within the BJP”.
Sharing the video on Twitter, which was ideated and produced by DesignBoxed, a political consultancy agency he engaged, Shivakumar stated, “Some conversations are easy & but essentially the most impactful. Amidst the extreme #KarnatakaAssemblyElection2023 campaigns, Shri Siddaramaiah and me sat for a coronary heart to coronary heart (sic).” The Congress has shared it on the get together’s deal with as effectively.
The video begins with Shivakumar asking Siddaramaiah about his well being. “Well being is sweet besides the virus an infection in my left hand. That has been fairly painful,” Siddaramaiah responds, pointing at his swollen hand. Shivakumar then notes that Siddaramaiah was additionally operating a fever for some time.
The dialogue then strikes on to a helicopter accident that Shivakumar had final week whereas he was on his method to Mulubagal to marketing campaign, when a chicken hit the chopper.
“We barely survived the helicopter incident,” says Shivakumar. “…We had been flying excessive and a journalist was interviewing me for a TV channel. Unexpectedly, the chicken got here and hit the entrance glass and it broke. Fortuitously, the captain took management of the scenario. In any other case, we’d have by no means met!”
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The 2 then go on to debate their marketing campaign experiences. Siddaramaiah says that he’s travelled within the Hyderabad-Karnataka and Mumbai-Karnataka areas and predicts profitable extra seats than the final time.
“Folks’s response has gone method past our expectations,” he provides.
Agreeing, Shivakumar says he’s travelled within the Previous Mysuru area, Bengaluru metropolis and different areas the place he thought the get together’s efficiency can be “hopeless”. “We are going to win no less than 5 seats in Mandya,” he says.
He provides that the 5 ensures promised within the Congress manifesto have obtained “unmatchable love and help” from girls within the state.
Thereafter, each leaders speak about how you can implement these ensures as soon as the Congress involves energy, however neither talks of chief ministership. “After profitable on 13 Could, we’ve got to implement it in our first cupboard assembly,” says Shivakumar.
“Positively. We are able to’t preserve suspending it just like the BJP,” responds Siddaramaiah.
The 2 additionally insinuate that the BJP is following the Congress’ schemes. Talking of the Congress’ assure to provide Rs 2,000 each month to the feminine head of each family, Shivakumar says, “Our announcement occurred on Sankranti, 14 January. On 15 January (Karnataka Chief Minister from the BJP) Basavaraj Bommai gave an commercial concerning the identical programme, saying that they might give Rs 2,000. However within the state price range, solely Rs 500 was allotted.”
“After saying that, they (BJP) haven’t repeated it anyplace,” says Siddaramaiah.
Shivakumar provides that the BJP additionally promised fuel cylinders after the Congress launched the scheme talked about above.
Siddaramaiah recounts how he used to supervise the state price range when he was the CM to make it possible for schemes that had been promised had been carried out.
“After I was there for 5 years, whereas making ready the price range, I used to test what number of of our guarantees have been fulfilled and what number of extra should be carried out. However the BJP is simply not bothered,” he says.
Shivakumar then assaults the BJP, saying that, within the state buyers’ meet, no person wished to pump cash in initiatives within the districts of Shivamogga, Malnad, and Karavali. To this, Siddaramaiah provides that nothing will occur on the bottom.
(Edited by Smriti Sinha)
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