Congress has vitiated Council poll scenario by trying to lure voters, alleges HDK

Janata Dal (S) State president H. D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday accused the Congress of trying to win the forthcoming elections to the Legislative Council from teachers and graduates constituencies by distributing money and gifts “just like what it did in the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls”. 

Janata Dal (S) State president H. D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday accused the Congress of trying to win the forthcoming elections to the Legislative Council from teachers and graduates constituencies by distributing money and gifts “just like what it did in the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls”. 

Participating at a coordination meeting of the BJP and JD (S) with respect to facing the elections to the Bengaluru Graduates’ constituency, at the JD (S) office here, Mr. Kumaraswamy accused the Congress of trying to vitiate the poll scenario by resorting to lure voters. Such coordination meetings were held in various constituencies on Sunday.

Describing the alliance between the BJP and JD (S) as historic, he said such a pact had been reached under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda.

The former Chief Minister accused the Congress government of stalling the development of Bengaluru city by focusing only on its guarantee schemes.

Citing an example, he alleged that even now people in some of the flooded areas were residing in hotels by vacating their houses.

He further alleged that the Congress government had failed to transfer ₹175 towards the additional five kg of rice promised by it to poor families in the last two to three months.