Continuing his attack on the Janata Dal (Secular), Congress president Rahul Gandhi today asked former prime minister H D Deve Gowda’s party to come clean on its support to the BJP.<\/p>\n
“JD(S), they have to make it clear whether they are the BJP’s B team or not,” Gandhi said at a public meeting here in the Vokkaliga belt of the old Mysuru region, considered a JD(S) stronghold.<\/p>\n
“They (JD-S) have to make it clear whether they are supporting the BJP, if yes, why? The JD(S) stands for ‘Janata Dal Sangh Parivar’,” he added.<\/p>\n
The Congress president, who is in the fourth round of campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka, is currently touring the old Mysuru region, where the Vokkaliga community has a significant presence. The JD(S) enjoys the support of the Vokkaligas.<\/p>\n
The Assembly election is due in Karnataka by April-May.<\/p>\n
Terming employment generation the “biggest problem” in the country, Gandhi attacked the BJP-led central government for “not” fulfilling the promises it had made to the people such as job creation and addressing the issue of farmers’ distress.<\/p>\n
Praising the Siddaramaiah government in the state, he said it had worked for the poor, downtrodden and backward communities.<\/p>\n
Gandhi even credited the chief minister with running a “clean government”.<\/p>\n
Raising the Nirav Modi issue and alleging that the diamantaire had run away with Rs 22,000 crore, the Congress president questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the matter.<\/p>\n
“What kind of chowkidari (watchman’s job) is Narendra Modi doing,” he asked.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Gandhi visited Beluru in Hassan district to pay homage to Congress MLA Y N Rudresh Gowda, who passed away yesterday.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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