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PM has nothing to offer to Karnataka: Rahul
Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s attack on his prime ministerial ambitions, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed Modi, saying he was seeking to distract the public from the real issues in Karnataka where Gandhi claimed the Congress will win hands down in the Assembly elections. \"Modi likes to distract people.
Bengaluru: Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attack on his prime ministerial ambitions, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed Modi, saying he was seeking to distract the public from the real issues in Karnataka where Gandhi claimed the Congress will win hands down in the Assembly elections. "Modi likes to distract people.
This election has nothing to do with Rahul Gandhi. This election is about the future of Karnataka. Narendra Modi has nothing to say about the future of Karnataka. He is, therefore, distracting. I am not going to engage in that distraction," Gandhi said at a press conference here on the last day of campaigning for the May 12 elections.
Gandhi ruled out the possibility of a hung Assembly. "I am very confident that the Congress will win Karnataka hands down. People have been very responsive to our party's campaign across the state."
Referring to Modi's personal attack at him: I am a lightning rod for anger. I attract anger. I attract anger from Prime Minister Narendra Modi because he views me as a threat. Modi has got anger inside of him. He is angry with everybody, not only me. But that is his problem. It is not my problem.
He said that the Bharatiya Janata Party had rushed its national leaders due to "panic" about its victory prospects but the Congress "is focusing on the strength of our leaders within the state." He said the Assembly elections are a fight between the RSS ideology and the spirit of Karnataka, which the Congress wants to protect and alleged that the Sangh was imposing its idea of oneness.
"But we will not allow it to happen. This election is not about me. It is about the future of Karnataka. Modi is disrespecting the state's youths by not talking about the jobs he promised and instead taking to personal attacks," the 47-year-old leader said.
Hitting out at Modi on the issue of corruption, he said BJP's chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa had been to jail and the Reddy Brothers had "looted about Rs 35,000 crore of the state's wealth."
