Whereas addressing the folks of Ballari area, which has a lot of Scheduled Tribe (ST) teams, former Karnataka chief minister and BJP chief B S Yediyurappa Thursday mentioned that the folks from ST communities should always remind themselves that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made Droupadi Murmu a girl from ST neighborhood the President of India.
He was addressing the BJP’s Jana Sankalpa rally, apparently seen as a counter to the Congress’ ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ led by Rahul Gandhi that entered the state on September 30.
“Our authorities led by PM Modi has made two folks from the SC/ST communities the Presidents of India. The present President Droupadi Murmu is from a Scheduled Tribe neighborhood. You should all do not forget that PM Modi has at all times made individuals belonging to the SC/ST communities the President of the nation,” Yediyurappa mentioned in the course of the rally, which was flagged off within the poll-bound state on October 11.
Highlighting the improved reservations given by the BJP authorities, Yediyurappa mentioned that the SC/ST communities in the present day loved extra advantages than up to now.
The previous CM additionally attacked Sonia Gandhi for ignoring the event of Ballari, the constituency she gained within the 1999 normal elections.
“Sonia Gandhi was elected from Ballari however she didn’t flip round and have a look at Ballari once more. When Rahul Gandhi involves Ballari ask him why his mom by no means returned to Ballari. As we speak Rahul Gandhi is on a padayatra however there will likely be no political achieve from the padayatra,” Yediyurappa mentioned.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who’s accompanying Yediyurappa for the BJP rallies, mentioned the BJP authorities plans to allot Rs 5,000 crore for the event of Ballari sooner or later.
“After PM Modi got here he has been depositing cash on to the accounts of the poor. The Congress was in energy on the Centre for 10 years they usually looted the earth, sky, and the mines. For this reason they had been defeated in 2018. Now they’re returning earlier than the folks, however the query that arises is what has modified. It’s the similar corrupt folks and the identical dangerous administration,” Bommai mentioned.
The CM mentioned that the Congress celebration tried to destroy the faith based by social reformer Basavanna. “They tried to interrupt a faith. We have now inaugurated a statue of Basavanna. They insulted Basavanna for the sake of votes,” Bommai mentioned in Siruguppa within the Ballari district.
Earlier at one other rally within the Huvina Hadagali area, Bommai claimed that the Congress celebration has a tradition of constructing funds to its central management and this had landed Karnataka’s Congress celebration chief D Ok Shivakumar in a soup. “So long as that celebration was in energy in Karnataka they made this state as an ATM. Shivakumar was caught by the Enforcement Directorate when he had gone to make a fee. If Karnataka is lagging in improvement it is because of corruption of the Congress,” Bommai mentioned.