GADAG/MANGALURU: With state assembly elections just a week away, the war of words between the
Congress and BJP has shown a sharp escalation. On Saturday, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said post elections Congress would turn into a PPP (Punjab, Puducherry and Parivar) party and called Congress anti-women for opposing the triple talaq bill. CM
Siddaramaiah was quick to retort by calling BJP ‘Prison’, ‘Price Rise’ & ‘Pakoda’ party on Twitter.
Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi released a video titled “Karnataka’s Most Wanted” on his Twitter account demanding answers from Modi over BJP giving tickets to those allegedly involved in corruption, including BJP state president
B S Yeddyurappa and Reddy brothers.
The PM, who literally touched the length and breadth of Karnataka (going from Gadag in the North to
Mangaluru in the South) on Saturday, said: “Karnataka Congress ministers have built a tank of corruption and the same is connected to New Delhi by a pipeline. Congress sends money through this pipeline to its high command. If it loses Karnataka, it will just remain as PPP Congress.”
Rahul’s equally hard-hitting video tweet starts by saying: “Dear Modiji, you talk a lot. Problem is, your actions don’t match your words. Here’s a primer on your candidate selection in Karnataka. It plays like an episode of ‘Karnataka’s Most Wanted.” Carrying pictures of BJP leaders, it asks: “When will you speak on your top 11 leaders facing corruption cases?”
