BJP always stands for righteousness, claims Nadda

Questioning Siddaramaiah, the BJP chief asked, “Who removed or stopped the institution of Lokayukta?’’

Press Trust of India

Chikkamagaluru: BJP National President J P Nadda on Tuesday asserted that his party always stands for righteousness, while claiming that Congress is always doing something “mischievous” against the society.

Targeting former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the earlier Congress government led by him, Nadda accused them of withdrawing cases against Popular Front of India (PFI) and Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD) activists, by following their practice of appeasement politics.

“We (BJP) have tried to see to it that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is a responsible government, a responsive government, a government which acts, a government which takes decisions, and a government which delivers,” he said, addressing a gathering of intellectuals and professionals here.

He expressed happiness that in Karnataka too the budget presented by Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai focuses on women empowerment, encouragement to youth, strengthening of farmers and empowerment of labourers, and development of basic infrastructure.

“Ours is the party which is ideology based. We are consistent in our ideology, we are a cadre based party, and our party has got a mass following,” he said, adding that the Congress believes in corruption, commission, division, divide and rule, vote bank and dynastic politics and they were the traits of that party.

Alleging that Praveen Nettaru (a young BJP worker) was killed by PFI killer squad, Nadda said, “today we all know PFI is a banned organisation, we all knew the activities of the PFI, but it is the contribution of Siddaramaiah that he withdrew 175 cases against PFI, while in power, and 1,600 PFI and KFD activists were released.”

“What does this mean? Why this appeasement? Why are you playing with law and order? Because you believe in vote bank politics,” he said. Questioning Siddaramaiah for speaking about corruption, the BJP President asked, “who removed or stopped the institution of Lokayukta?”

“You will always find BJP is for righteousness, and the Congress party is always doing something mischievous against the society,” he said, as he requested the people to support and strengthen his party. Earlier in the day, the senior BJP leader visited Sringeri mutt established by Adi Shankaracharya and met Vidhushekhara Bharati, the junior pontiff of the institution.

BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel, national general secretaries C T Ravi and Arun Singh, and Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje were among others present at the event. Nadda said whether it is the government at the Centre or in Karnataka, it is only BJP, whose policies are pro poor, pro labourers, pro farmer and pro women.