Karnataka Election 2023 LIVE: PM Modi Concludes Two-day Campaigning Tour With Mega Roadshow in Mysuru

Congress party’s State unit chief D K Shivakumar on Sunday held a public meeting in Vijayanagar Assembly Constituency.

Addressing a poll rally in Jamkhandi, Priyanka Gandhi said “he is the first PM who comes in front of people and says some people are abusing him. Instead of listening to your problems, he tells you his problems.”

“Someone in his office and this is not the list of people’s problems but how many people have abused him. At least this list is one page only. If we start making a list of how much they have abused our family, then we would publish many books,” she said.

The outcome of the coming Assembly elections in Karnataka will herald a beginning and open the door for the Congress in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says the party’s State unit chief D K Shivakumar.

In an interview with PTI, he sounded upbeat about the party’s prospects in the May ten polls to the 224-member Assembly, saying it would win 141 seats.

The ruling BJP was deploying its entire central leadership for campaigning in the State out of fear of losing the May 10 polls, he said and asserted the ‘Modi factor’ will not work in the southern State, where people are purely focused on local and developmental issues.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a roadshow in Mysuru in Karnataka.

Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over allegations of abuse by Congress leaders, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said he is the first PM who tells his problems to people instead of listening to theirs.

Addressing a poll rally in Jamkhandi, Priyanka said PM Modi should learn from his brother Rahul Gandhi who is ready to take abuses and bullets for the country.

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that while the BJP was seeking votes in the Karnataka Assembly polls in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress had adopted the PM’s “vocal for local” slogan and was raising issues of the people of the state.

In an interview with PTI, Ramesh said Karnataka, after four years of the BJP rule, needs ‘Vitamin-P’ in which the P stands for “performance” of the Congress and not “polarisation” of the BJP.

Using armed forces’ terminology, Ramesh said the Congress is not worried about the “carpet bombing” campaign strategy of Prime Minister Modi and other senior BJP leaders as it has enough “anti-aircraft guns” to deal with it.

Taking another jibe at the parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday that the Congress and JD(S) are “pretending” to be against each other.

At a rally in Belur, he said, “In Karnataka, Congress and JDS are pretending to be against each other. During the 2018 assembly elections, their leaders were abusing each other. However, as soon as the election came to an end, they allied with each other.”

Addressing a rally in Belur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that this time, the people of Karnataka have decided to end the politics of the coalition going on for decades.

“Congress-ruled states are known for the infighting of their leaders. Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are fed up with their rule and there is no development,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that every vote to the JD(S) would straightaway go to the Congress and bring instability in Karnataka. “Whenever the Congress and the JD(S) come to power, some families thrive but for the BJP, every family of India and Karnataka is the party’s own family, ” Modi said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular), saying the two “dynastic” parties were responsible for political instability in Karnataka, and that they “encourage corruption”.

Modi also alleged that both parties saw Karnataka as an ATM, and that they found opportunity in instability.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed a rally in Karnataka’s Belur.

Enforcement agencies made seizures totalling over Rs 305 crore in poll-bound Karnataka since the model code of conduct came into force on March 29, the Election Commission said on Sunday, PTI said.

The total seizures (Rs 305.43 crore) include cash (Rs Rs 110 crore), liquor (Rs 74 crore), gold and silver (Rs 81 crore), freebies (Rs 22 crore) and drugs/narcotics (Rs 18 crore), the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, said.

PM Narendra Modi on Sunday cautioned people against the “dynastic Congress and JD(S)”, saying both parties were responsible for political instability in Karnataka. He also alleged that both parties saw Karnataka as an ATM and that they found an opportunity in instability.

“The Congress and the JD(S) are responsible for the instability. They pretend to be two separate parties but are one in their hearts. They are together in Delhi. They assist each other in Parliament,” he said at a public meeting in Channapatna in Ramanagara district, which is a JD(S) bastion.

Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday thanked his party president JP Nadda for pitching his name for the post of chief minister again if BJP comes back to power. “I am indebted to Nadda. Will take everyone with confidence”, Bommai said.

Reacting to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not visit Karnataka during the floods, he said it was the Modi Government that released more grants to the state during the disaster.

Targeting Devendra-Fadnavis on the Belgaum issue, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that the deputy chief minister should go to Belgaum and campaign for MES.” “However, the situation is different as they (BJP) have gone there (Belgaum) to defeat them (MES). They (BJP) should feel ashamed that they have gone to defeat Marathi people,” Raut claimed.

Raut said CM Shinde claims he has taken part in the Maharashtra-Karnataka border agitation, adding if the latter had indeed done so then he should be in Belgaum to campaign for the MES and against the BJP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed a public gathering in Karnataka’s Kolar where he gave a strong response to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘PM Modi is like a snake response’ and said that a snake is the charm of Lord Shiva.

“Snake is the charm of Lord Shiva’s neck. For me, people of the country are like Lord Shiva,” said PM Modi slamming Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘snake’ remarks.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting at Channapatana in Ramanagara District in Karnataka on Sunday.

PM Modi will cover Kolar, Ramanagara, Hassan, and Mysuru districts on the second day of his Karnataka visit.

• The PM addressed a rally in Kolar at 11 am
• He will then address Channapatna where he will speak at a public meeting seeking votes for BJP candidate CP Yogeshwar.
• The PM will be addressing another rally in Belur of Hassan district at 3:30 pm.
• He will be holding a roadshow in Mysuru at 5:30 pm on Sunday.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to release its manifesto( Sankalp Patra) for Karnataka on Monday, News18 reported quoting sources. BJP President JP Nadda and Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, BS Yeddyurappa will be present

Important announcement for youths and 12th-pass girls is expected from the BJP manifesto.