NEW DELHI: Karnataka Congress chief D Ok Shivakumar Saturday exuded confidence that his get together would win over 140 seats within the May 10 meeting polls and asserted that he would abide by regardless of the get together decides on the difficulty of chief ministership. In an interview with PTI, Shivakumar mentioned the Congress will get a cushty majority in Karnataka and the win would open the doorways for the Lok Sabha elections because the get together’s victory within the state in 1978 had carried out.
The Karnataka Congress chief lashed out on the BJP for elevating points such because the Uniform Civil Code and National Register of Citizens in its manifesto for the meeting polls, saying it exhibits their “bankruptcy” of concepts and imaginative and prescient for the state. He additionally claimed that because the BJP has no agenda and imaginative and prescient for Karnataka, the “Modi factor” won’t work within the meeting polls this time. Shivakumar, who’s a number one aspirant for the chief minister’s submit together with former CM Siddarammaiah in case the Congress involves energy, mentioned all tales of infighting within the get together are created by media and there’s no fact in them.
“The fact is that the Congress leadership is united and the party workers are very active in spreading our message both on the ground and in social media. We are putting a combined effort to ensure that the Congress comes back to power with a clear majority,” he asserted. On him being a powerful contender for the submit of chief minister, Shivakumar mentioned his first precedence was to make sure that the get together wins a majority in Karnataka.
“For the last three years, the Congress party has been working on the ground starting from the Vaccinate Karnataka Campaign, to the 100 Not Out Campaign followed by Mekedatu Campaign to Freedom March and registering 78 lakh members of the Congress party. Then we made the Bharat Jodo Yatra a grand success in Karnataka,” he mentioned. Congress leaders and employees haven’t taken relaxation for a single day within the final three years, he mentioned, including that no matter is being seen now’s the religion of people who the get together’s arduous work has received.
“For me, the party comes first and the chief ministership comes later. On the CM issue, I will abide by whatever the party decides,” Shivakumar mentioned.
Asked concerning the controversy surrounding the Congress manifesto speaking about taking decisive motion as per legislation, together with imposing a ban on organizations corresponding to PFI and Bajrang Dal, Shivakumar alleged that the BJP was making an attempt to divide the society.
“The BJP government could not provide jobs to our youth. They failed to provide any relief to the common man when it came to inflation and price rise. Now they are trying to divide the society by inflammatory speeches,” he alleged. This won’t work in Karnataka and other people will sweep them apart, he claimed.
Asked about Karnataka being the gateway to the south for the BJP, Shivakumar mentioned the individuals of Karnataka have “closed the gate on the BJP’s face because of non-performance, corruption and large-scale unemployment in the state”. People are supporting Congress in an enormous manner and the get together is coming again to energy, he claimed.
Asked concerning the BJP in its election manifesto promising to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Karnataka if it retains energy within the state, Shivakumar mentioned that is exactly the issue of the BJP. They don’t perceive Karnataka and its individuals, the Congress chief alleged.
“Karnataka Assembly elections are being fought on local issues. The BJP, which could not deliver on any front during its governance, has also failed to give a narrative in these elections. This shows their bankruptcy of ideas and vision for the state,” he mentioned. Asked about Prime Minister Modi elevating the difficulty of abuses hurled at him, the Congress chief mentioned the individuals of Karnataka are very civilized and they don’t consider in utilizing and even responding to crude language.
The Congress get together too doesn’t consider in utilizing abusive language. It is the BJP that has mastered the artwork of twisting the statements and manipulating the individuals, he alleged. On whether or not the Modi issue will work this time, Shivakumar mentioned the Congress is combating these elections on a progressive and development-based agenda.
“We will provide Rs 2,000 per month to every woman head of the family, 200 units of free power to every household apart from free bus travel for women in KSRTC/BMTC buses and a monthly allowance of Rs 3,000 to unemployed graduates. “As I mentioned, the BJP has no agenda and imaginative and prescient for the state and other people can very effectively see this. So the Modi issue won’t work this time in these meeting polls,” he mentioned.
Expressing confidence that the Congress would cross the 140-seat mark, Shivakumar mentioned, “We will win 141 seats and form government with a comfortable majority. The BJP will be reduced to less than 60 (seats).” On the message that might be despatched out by means of the Karnataka polls for the 2024 common election, he mentioned Karnataka was only the start.
“We are comfortably winning Karnataka elections and it will open the doors for the Lok Sabha elections. Karnataka people will give a message to the country. Earlier also at the time of Devraj Urs (former chief minister), when the Janata Party was in power at the national level in 1978, Karnataka had opened the door for Congress. Now again, Karnataka will play its role,” Shivakumar mentioned. “We will form government in Karnataka in 2023 and in the country in 2024,” he mentioned.
Voting for the 224 meeting seats within the state will happen on May 10 and the outcomes will probably be out on May 13.
