Bangalore, 12/3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai used the government event to seek the support of the electorate for the BJP, comparing the party with the earlier Congress and JD(S) governments.
Modi verbally attacked Congress, stating that Congress leaders are always trying to dig a pit to build a grave for him. “I have been caring for the people and thus the people’s blessings has formed a ‘raksha kavach’ for me,” he said.
However, neither Modi nor Bommai said anything about the JD(S). They seemed to weigh their words, before uttering them and maintained silence about the JD(S). It was probably because they were speaking in Mandya, the heartland of Vokkaligas, where JD(S) and its leaders H D Deve Gowda and H D Kumaraswamy hold sway over the people.
Modi was speaking after inaugurating the 117-km Bengaluru-Mysuru Express Highway laid at an estimated cost of Rs 8,480 crore at Gejjalagere Colony of Maddur taluk, in Mandya district, on Sunday. He also laid the foundation stone for the 93-km Mysuru-Kushalnagar Four Lane Highway at an estimated cost of Rs 4,130 on the occasion.