Himachal assembly by-polls: Congress announces candidates for 3 seats
The by-polls in six Assembly constituencies in the state are scheduled to be held on June 1 along with the Lok Sabha elections.
Congress Party on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reducing election promises to “Jumpla-Pops”, while reminding the PM that the promises are “sacrosanct”.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala in a tweet said, “Dear PM, Election promises are sacrosanct”.
“You have reduced them to use and throw ‘Jumla-Pops’. No wonder, your word has lost ‘gravitas’. ‘Jumla Express’ of ‘Modi-Yeddy-Reddy’ will get derailed by people’s power. #AnswerMaadiModi,” added Surjewala in his tweet.
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Dear PM,
Election promises are sacrosanct.
You have reduced them to use and throw ‘Jumla-Pops’. No wonder, your word has lost ‘gravitas’.
‘Jumla Express’ of ‘Modi-Yeddy-Reddy’ will get derailed by people’s power.#AnswerMaadiModi pic.twitter.com/auLF7sXiYh
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) May 6, 2018
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On 4 May, senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala termed Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) manifesto as ‘zero’ and said that it is a “Jumlafesto – a handbook of unabashed lies”.
“BJP’s Karnataka manifesto is a classic case of 0+0=0 (Copy of 2014 ModiFesto + 2018 Yeddy-Reddy Festo = 0),” he had said.
Surjewala further slammed the manifesto saying, “Taking a cue from Modiji, It’s a Jumlafesto- a handbook of unabashed lies”.
He had said that there was no gravity in BJP’s promises, nor belief in their words. “BJP is losing ground. #BJPVachana4Karnataka. (Translated from Hindi)”.
Erlier, chief ministerial candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa released party’s manifesto for the 12 May polls and promised to re-introduce the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Preservation Bill 2012.
Launching the party’s manifesto, Yeddyurappa asserted that party was committed towards welfare of the farmers.
“Welfare of farmers has always been our priority. We will allocate Rs 1,50,000 Cr for various irrigation projects in Karnataka and ensure water reaches to every field in the state,” Yeddyurappa said while addressing the media on the election manifesto.
Karnataka is slated to go to polls on 12 May and the counting will take place on 15 May.
Click here to check out highlights of BJP’s manifesto
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