Belagavi: Addressing a public rally in poll-bound Karnataka, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh issued a giant warning saying that the BJP authorities will probe all of the corrupt leaders no matter their political stature. Rajnath Singh made these remarks whereas addressing a public rally in Karnataka’s Dharwad on Wednesday. During the rally, the senior BJP chief mentioned, “Corruption is under attack today, big leaders are going to jail and they (the opposition) claim that this probe is intentional. This govt will probe all the corrupt leaders, no matter how prominent they are.”
“I want to ask you, shall corruption be ended in this country or not? We will not spare anyone who is involved in corruption. In the last 9 years assets worth one lakh ten thousand crore rupees have been seized under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. While UPA in their 10 years seized assets worth only Rs 5,000 crore,” the Defence Minister added.
आज मोदी जी के नेतृत्व में सरकार को नौ वर्षों का समय हो चुका है पर कोई उँगली उठाकर यह नही कह सकता कि हमारे प्रधानमंत्री या किसी मंत्री के दामन पर कोई भ्रष्टाचार का दाग लगा हुआ है। pic.twitter.com/BH3oP6ryhG
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) April 26, 2023
Congress Uses Religion For Power: Rajnath
Targeting Congress, Rajnath Singh alleged that the primary opposition occasion makes use of ‘mazhab’ (faith) to come back to energy. Singh additionally slammed the occasion for having launched 4 per cent reservation, in its earlier time period, on spiritual strains in Karnataka, saying it had been performed solely to appease Muslims.
“If there is any political party in the history of India which took the support of ‘dharma’, or rather, ‘mazhab’ to come to power, then it is Congress,” Singh mentioned whereas addressing one other public assembly at Kagwad in Belagavi district earlier.
Amit Shah’s ‘Riots In Karnataka’ Warning
It could also be recalled that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had additionally focused the Congress and warned that there might be riots if the occasion involves energy within the southern state. Amit Shah, whereas addressing a public assembly in poll-bound Karnataka’s Belagavi district on Tuesday, mentioned the event of the state might be in “reverse gear” if Congress types the federal government.
“If the Congress involves energy, dynastic politics might be at an all-time excessive and Karnataka might be troubled with riots,” mentioned Shah, one of many occasion’s key ballot strategists and campaigners. “If Congress comes to power by mistake, then corruption will be at an all-time high and there will be ‘appeasement’,” he added.
Responding to it by a sequence of tweets, the Congress spokesperson hit again at Shah, saying, “This is a brazenly intimidatory statement. The Union Home Minister having allegiance to an organisation banned by India’s very first Home Minister is now issuing threats during an election campaign when staring at certain defeat.”
The Congress management on Tuesday slammed Shah over his reported remarks that the upcoming Karnataka polls should not simply to elect MLAs however to entrust the way forward for the state within the arms of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge additionally expressed his disappointment over Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on riots.
Karnataka will go to the polls in a single part on May 10 and the counting of votes will happen on May 13.
