Dharawad: The Congress Party is in the clutches of SDPI and PFI and it cannot come out of it, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Speaking to mediapersons here on May 4 that the Congress Party is behaving in a manner that will hurt the sentiments of others, and also succumb to their pressure. If the BJP spoke against the SDPI and PFI, the Congress leaders are disturbed. This indicates how the grand old party is doing appeasement politics. The PFI is not happy because none of them are speaking in its support and also not extending any protection, he said.
CM said that the other form of PFI is SDPI and the Congress Party had sought their support which they had declined. Those two organisations became strong during the Congress regime. Now the tail is shaking the whole body. If the SDPI was the ‘B’ team of the BJP why they would have banned it? Congress is making such an allegation to cover its mistake, he added.
In reply to a question about the Bajrang Dal link with Lord Anjaneya by KPCC President D. K. Shivakumar, the CM said the relationship is that of Lord Hanuman and Lord Sriram. The Bajrang Dal has a relationship with Lord Anjaneya and the Congress leaders must know that. It was not right on their part to hurt the sentiments of the people.
Bommai said the BJP is facing the Assembly election with its programmes and the Congress Party on its assurances. Raking up issues unnecessarily and instigating on the lines of caste and religion is not correct. This shows the appeasement politics of the Congress Party, he said.
On Former AICC President Sonia Gandhi’s poll campaign in Hubballi, the CM said BJP will not cry like the Congress leaders. “Like the Congress leaders, we will not ask why Modi and Shah are coming to Karnataka.”