Taking on the BJP , Three chief ministers of Congress-ruled Telangana and Himachal Pradesh and the deputy CM of Karnataka vehemently countered the BJP’s allegation that the grand old party was not fulfilling the promises it made before the polls in these states.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, his Himachal Pradesh counterpart Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar addressed a press conference in Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra where assembly elections will be held on November 20.
Incidentally, speaking at Akola in Maharashtra soon later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the Congress saying wherever the party forms a government, that state becomes an ATM of the party’s ‘shahi parivar’ (royal family), and named Telangana, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka as examples of this.
These Congress leaders listed out the implementation of their party’s guarantees in their respective states.
When asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Ek hain to safe hain’ message, Sukhu said the country’s culture binds it together. Whoever speaks like this cannot keep the nation together.
“Our culture is to keep the nation united,” he said.
Shivakumar said, “Mahayuti leaders should visit my state to see how Congress’ welfare guarantees are benefiting people.”
Whenever the Congress comes to power, it implements one or the other scheme for each section of the society.
“None of the schemes (which have been in operation) since the days of (former PM) Jawaharlal Nehru to Manmohan Singh, have been withdrawn. We are not looking at votes but development of the state,” Shivakumar said.
Reddy accused the prime minister of lying about the scheme pertaining to his state.
“We are systematically implementing the guarantees,” he said.
He said his government waived the farm loans after coming to power.
