Karnataka Election 2023 LIVE: Kharge Calls Modi ‘Poisonous Snake’; BJP Says Cong Going to Pay Heavy Electoral Price for Insulting PM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Kharge’s remark on PM Modi shows mentality of Congress.

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said Kharge’s snake remark is a turning point in the Karnataka election. “People of Karnataka will hammer the final nail in Congress’ coffin. PM is the most loved man even in seats where Congress has won,” he said.

After Kharge’s snake remark, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said venom is in Congress’s mindset.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said his statement was neither for PM Modi nor for any other person.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Kharge, who made a snake remark on PM Modi, used such words to appease his political masters.

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said there is a poison in the mind of Kharge who called PM Modi a “poisonous snake”.

The BJP has launched a full-frontal attack on the Congress as the remark by Kharge comes just two days before PM Modi’s whirlwind campaign in the poll-bound Karnataka with over 20 rallies and road shows till May 6. Read More

Launching an attack on Congress over Kharge’s snake remark, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the Congress is going to pay a heavy electoral price for insulting PM Modi.

BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said that Kharge’s “poisonous snake” remark shows Congress defeatist mindset filled with pure poison rather than passion for people.

BJP leader Prakash Javadekar hit out at Congress over Kharge’s remark and said it is a reflection of sheer frustration and defeated mindset.

Slamming Congress over Kharge’s remark, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said as Congress desperation Grows, their lies and abuse of PM Modi increase.

Union minister Anurag Thakur slammed Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge over his remark on PM Modi. “Congress made Mallikarjun Kharge the party president but nobody considers him that, so he thought of giving a statement which is worse than that given by Sonia Gandhi…,” he said.

After a controversial remark on PM Modi, Mallikarjun Kharge clarified that he did not target anyone personally. “I said to BJP and didn’t target anyone personally,” he said.

Hitting back at Congress over Mallikarjun Kharge’s snake remark, BJP leader Amit Malviya said the desperation shows Congress is losing ground in Karnataka.

After Kharge’s snake remark, Karnataka Chief Minister Basvaraj Bommai said the intoxication of power has not yet come down for Congress.

I don’t know why Kharge felt like that about him (Modi). How right is it to speak about a Prime Minister like this? Congress has come to this level by speaking like this before. The intoxication of power has not yet come down for Congress. In a well-cultured land like Karnataka, we must respect everyone. It brings me sorrow that such a senior leader is speaking in this manner. I feel that the intoxication of power has not yet come down for Congress,” Bommai said.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge compared PM Narendra Modi to a “poisonous snake”. “Modi is like a poisonous snake, if you think Modi has given and lick it then you will die,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said states are getting immersed in debt because of freebies, and emphasised that the country and the governments cannot be run like this.

“In our country some political parties have made politics the means of power and corruption, to achieve this, they are using all means like ‘saam, dham, dhand, bedh’. These political parties don’t think about the future of the country, future generation of Karnataka, its youth, women,” Modi said while virtually addressing tens of lakhs of BJP workers.

Kannada actor Kichha Sudeep campaigned for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Arun Kumar Pujara in Ranebennur for Karnataka Assembly elections.

Kiccha Sudeep campaigned yesterday also for a BJP candidate.

Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar said on Thursday he is confident his party will come to power in the state.

“I am very happy that the Congress party’s guarantee is being noticed by the PM. But the PM should also look at the BJP’s manifestos last year. They could not keep up with it, which is why this double-engine govt has failed. Congress guarantees are not like BJP’s. We have fulfilled 95 per cent of our promises. I am confident that Congress will come to power here,” Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar said.

Karnataka Chief Minister said that the complaint by Congress is a political gimmick and there is nothing in that complaint. He defended Amit Shah’s “riots” remark during BJP campaign in Karnataka.