No Achievements from Opposition, BJP has Hijacked Congress Schemes – KPCC Sec Venkatesh
Mangaluru: “Tthe Congress party condemns the attack on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s car on August 4, while he was on his way to visit North Gujarat flood-affected Banaskantha district and the raid on Power Minister D K Shivakumar’s house,” said the District Congress President Harish Kumar in a press meet held at the District Congress Office here on August 5.
Addressing the mediapersons Harish Kumar said, “The AICC has appointed four KPCC members as In-charge for Dakshina Kannada. KPCC General Secretary U B Venkatesh, Arun Machayya, Rajkumar and Ivan Nigli will camp in Dakshina Kannada for 15 days. They will visit every booth to boost the morale of the party workers to win the forthcoming elections.
KPCC General Secretary U B Venkatesh speaking on the occasion said, “In the last elections the Congress party won 7 seats out of the 8 in Dakshina Kannada. In the coming elections, we will work hard and win all the 8 seats. According to the survey, the Congress will come to power in the 2018 elections. The opposition has not done anything to project to the people, their achievements are nil. BJP has hijacked all the Congress schemes and claim them to be their own. When we implemented the Aadhar Card, BJP opposed it. The Aadhar Card scheme, FDI, GST and many more schemes were opposed by the BJP. But after they come to power they have implemented the same schemes they had opposed.”
Venkatesh further said, “During our stay in DK for 15 days, we will meet all the booth level party workers and guide them to visit every house to bring awareness among the people about the achievements of the Congress government in the last 4 years of ruling. During the elections, in our election manifesto, we had made 165 promises of which 150 have already been fulfilled in four years and the rest will be fulfilled soon. After the NDA government came to power people are facing many problems. In the name of demonetization, people faced severe economic crisis. The BJP cannot digest the success of the Congress party in the state and to harass the political leaders, BJP has misused the military force in raiding Power Minister D K Shivakumar’s House. If the Income Tax officials had asked Shivakumar to present all the assets he would have provided all the details. This has been done to defeat Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat. From October we will hold programmes in all the 8 constituencies. In the 2018 elections, Congress will win in all the 8 constituencies and come to power in the state.”
Addressing the mediapersons Former Minister Abhaychandra Jain said, “BJP is doing horse-trading to defeat Congress leaders. The raid was conducted on Power Minister D K Shivakumar’s house. Being a prime minister Narendra Modi should not get into such cheap politics. When Rahul Gandhi was on a visit to north Gujarat’s flood-affected Banaskantha district, BJP leaders attacked his car. It was the duty of the BJP government to provide security to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi but BJP leaders pelted stones on Rahul’s car. In the coming elections, the people of this country will teach a befitting lesson to BJP because CM Siddaramaiah has implemented many schemes benefitting people from all walks of life.
MLA Moideen Bava also spoke on the occasion. Senior Congress Leader Kodijal Ibrahim, District Youth Congress President Mithun Rai, Arun Machayya, Rajkumar, Ivan Nigli, Naveen D’Souza and others were also present.