BJP Wants Developed Karnataka, Congress Considers it an ATM: PM

Chikkaballapura/ Davangere/Bengaluru: In pollbound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong pitch for the return of the ruling BJP, lashed out at politics of manipulation and addressed a public rally at Davanagere after getting yet another rousing reception in his seventh visit to the southern state. The PM wrapped up a busy day of public engagements that also included a tribute to the legendary Mokshagundam
Visvesvaraya and a Metro rail ride on a new route that PM Modi inaugurated.

In yet another stinging attack on the Congress, he said it looks at Karnataka as an “ATM” to fill the coffers of its leaders. Seeking a resounding andate
for a successive stint for the BJP in Karnataka, PM Modi said a stable government led by the saffron party was the need of the hour for the State’s fast paced development. Stressing that Karnataka should be brought out of the “politics of manipulation”, he said BJP wants to make the State a driving force of developed India, while the Congress looks at it as “an ATM that fills the treasury of its leaders”.

This visit of the Prime Minister — his seventh to Karnataka this year — gains significance as the Election Commission is expected to announce the poll schedule for Assembly elections, due by May, in the next few days. On Saturday, the PM also inaugurated ‘Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research’ in Chikkaballapura district, and Whitefield (Kadugodi) to Krishnarajapura Metro Line of Bangalore Metro in Bengaluru. He took a Metro ride after buying a ticket.

Karnataka has seen a long period of opportunistic and selfish coalition governments, Karnataka has faced losses due to such governments So, for the
fast paced development.

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