Aurad (Karnataka): Escalating the battle in his eighth phase of campaigning in Karnataka, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa of spreading Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideology across India.
While addressing a rally in Karnataka’s Aurad, the Congress chief said that forthcoming Karnataka Assembly polls is a battle between two ideologies- Congress which believes in empowerment and the other is RSS-BJP.
“Prime Minister Modi and BS Yeddyurappa want to spread RSS’ ideology across India. They only want that the ideology from RSS’ Nagpur office should prevail in India,” he said. The Congress chief even alleged that both the BJP and the RSS’s prime agendas are to polarise people to win elections.
“The BJP-RSS duo doesn’t care about Karnataka’s aspirations, it only cares about polarising people to win elections,” he said.
He also questioned the silence of the Prime Minister on “Chhota Modi”(Nirav Modi) scam and BJP chief Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah’s “dubious deals.” “He answers no questions on the scams perpetrated by his friends,” Rahul added.
The Congress supremo also took a jibe at Prime Minister Modi for supporting Yeddyurappa and said, “Prime Minister Modi ironically speaks of anti-corruption from a stage he shares with Yeddyurappa.” Highlighting the achievements of the Congress government ruling in the state said, the Congress chief said that the election is not about the Prime Minister or him, but about the future of Karnataka.