Third BRS MLA to join the Congress
A day after BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao claimed that 20 Congress MLAs were ready to quit the party and join him, his party MLA Prakash Goud from Rajendranagar met Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday dared Siddaramaiah to arrest its cadre after the Karnataka Chief Minister said that members of the BJP and RSS were “Hindu terrorists”.
Addressing the media, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said: “If we are extremists and terrorists, why aren’t you arresting us.”
The BJP leader further said that Siddaramaiah’s statement has exposed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s visits to temples.
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“The statement of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has reiterated Congress’s policy of appeasement and its hatred towards Hindus. The CM has attacked Hindus and Rahul Gandhi’s temple runs stand exposed,” he said.
Earlier in the day, the Karnataka CM said that members of the BJP and RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) were “Hindutva terrorists.”
The statement comes a day after Siddaramaiah said the BJP, RSS and Bajrang Dal were harbouring extremists.
On Wednesday, BJP chief Amit Shah hit back at the CM and accused him of being anti-Hindu and indulging in vote-bank politics.
Assembly elections in Karnataka are likely to be held in May and the BJP is going all guns blazing to oust the Congress from the state and has set itself a target of 150 seats.
The party is planning to launch a two-front attack on the incumbent Congress with Shah along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath consolidating Hindu votes while Modi, with a blitzkrieg of rallies later, will woo the urban voters.
The Congress and the BJP had won 122 and 40 seats respectively in the last assembly polls.
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