Confident of a BJP victory in Karnatakatoo, Prime MinisterNarendraModi on Tuesday ruled out a hung Assembly after the May 12 elections.
"There is no way there will be a hung Assembly as is being predicted. We are confident of coming to power in Karnatakatoo," said Modi at a huge public meeting in Karnataka's northwest region, about 500 km from Bengaluru.
Recalling that the Congresshad lost nearly 12 states that it was ruling, Modi told the gathering that as that party feared a loss in the ensuing polls, its leaders were spreading lies and fear among the people about a hung Assembly.
Opinion polls by various agencies have projected a hung Assembly for the southern state with the ruling Congressor the opposition BJP having an edge in the 225-member legislative house, including one nominated.
"I appeal to you all to vote for a party with full majority. That is when you can hold the government responsible," Modi said.
Urging voters to bring the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) to power under the leadership of its chief ministerial nominee B.S. Yeddyurappa, Modi said his party was ready to answer for its every action and be accountable to the people.
Yeddyurappa, 75, was the party's Maiden Chief Ministerin the state and south Indiawhen it was elected to power for the first time in May 2008, but lost to the Congressin the May 2013 Assembly elections after he split the BJP and formed the KarnatakaJanata Party, leading to a division of votes.
The state's veteran Politicianof the dominant Lingayat community, however, returned to the BJP in 2014 and contested in the 2014 general elections, winning from the Shivamogga Lok Sabhaconstituency in the Malnad region.
Accusing the Congressgovernment in the state of shielding sand mafias, Modi said those who loot cannot be accepted to remain in power. They must go," he reiterated.
"The Congresspromotes intolerance and violence. There can be nothing worse than attack on the Lokayukta," charged Modi alluding to the knife attack on the state's anti-graft watchdog in Bengaluru on March 7.
State's Ombudsman Justice P. Vishwanatha Shetty, was stabbed in his office by a disturbed man for not getting a government order through a tender.
Shetty, 74, survived the knife attack and returned to work on April 24.
Modi also accused the Congressof disrespecting former Prime MinisterH.D. Deve Gowda, which was not acceptable.
"If such is the mindset, how can they think good for the people of Karnataka," wondered Modi, as the grand old party had also never respected Babasaheb Ambedkar or accepted his views.
"Ambedkar had visited Belagavidistrict years ago. The Congressnever gave him the respect he deserved. He was never conferred a Bharat Ratna for so long that Congresswas in power," Modi said.
Likening the ruling party in the southern state to a fish that cannot survive without water, Modi said the Congresstoo could not live without power.
"That's why they (Congressleaders) are spreading lies, dividing people on the grounds of caste. Congresscannot tolerate that our government that got the majority, a person from a humble background like me became the Prime Minister," added Modi.
He also claimed that the Congresscould not tolerate the fact that the BJP-led government at the Centre got a majority in the 2014 General Elections
"The Congressmust answer people of the state what work they have done in Karnataka," added Modi.
Besides Yeddyurappa, central ministers from the state, thousands of party workers, cadres and supporters were present on the occasion.
--IANS
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