Vijayapura : Accusing the Congress of destroying the country to promote a dynasty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the party was now getting destroyed while trying to save that dynasty (Nehru-Gandhi family).
“One thing is clear – the Congress destroyed the nation in promoting a dynasty. Today, to save that dynasty, the Congress is getting destroyed,” he said at a rally here.
Modi also targeted the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the poll-bound state, saying there was “not even a single Minister who has not faced allegations of corruption”.
The PM accused the Congress of pursuing the policy of “divide and rule”, and asserted the party would be uprooted from Karnataka in the Assembly elections.
Modi lashed out at the Siddaramaiah government over alleged corruption, saying there is not a single minister who is not facing allegations of financial wrongdoing.
“Congress believes in the policy of divide and rule… divide on the basis of caste and religion… make brother fight brother. But people of this land of Basaveshwara will not allow it to happen,” he told an election rally here in Bijapur district.
Modi repeatedly referred to Basaveshwara, the 12th century reformer-statesman, who is worshiped by the Lingayats, in an apparent effort to win over the numerically strong and influential community.