Countdown for Modi government has begun: Siddaramaiah
Chitradurga : Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that the countdown for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime had begun.
He was speaking at the inauguration of various development projects at Hosadurga.
“The BJP received a severe setback in the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Lok Sabha assembly by-elections as it lost four of the five seats, including the all-important Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats in Uttar Pradesh. This indicates that the people no longer trust Modi as he often tells lies,” Siddaramaiah charged.
The BJP suffered a setback on the home turf of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while losing deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s constituency too. Samajwadi Party candidates have clinched a win in both Gorakhpur and Phulpur constituencies. The voters in Uttar Pradesh have favoured the Samajwadi party. With the results, the countdown for Modi to step down has begun, he said.
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