Opposition indulging in Propaganda, but J R Lobo will win by Huge Margin – Poojary

Opposition indulging in Propaganda, but J R Lobo will win by Huge Margin – Poojary

Mangalur: “J R Lobo is a humble person and he has worked hard for the development of his constituency during his tenure as MLA. But the opposition has indulged in propagnada and is targeting him in the St Aloysius College Road issue. However hard the opposition tries to defame him, Lobo will win with a huge margin,” said senior Congress leader Janardhan Poojary in a press meet held at the Congress Election Office, Kadri here on May 9.

Addressing the mediaperson Janardhan Poojary said, “I am hereby directly clarifying to those who spread negative publicity, that Lobo is Anti- Bunts and he had objected to renaming the St Aloysius Road to Sundar Ram Shetty road is far from the truth. In the Assembly elections, all the 8 Congress candidates from Dakshina Kannada will win. In Bantwal Ramanth Rai will win by a huge margin so also will Lobo win. The opposition will not succeed in their attempts. There is an allegation that Lobo is supporting the Catholic community but in reality, the Congress party has given high positions to Bunts leaders like Sadananda Shetty former Vijay Bank Chairman, Shivaram Shetty, Y S Hegde and so on”.

Janardhan Poojary further said, “The Congress party is not limited to one particular community. If J R Lobo will limit himself to one particular community then Poojary himself will defeat Lobo but Lobo is not that kind of person. Lobo does not see caste or creed but respects people of all religions equally. I have been seeing Lobo for the past 5 years. When I had contested for the MP elections Lobo had appointed a woman as the Election in-charge which shows his respect for women. Please do not spread false rumours about Lobo, he never troubled anyone. He has vast experience in administration and he is responsible for a lot of development work carried out. Why is the opposition involved in propaganda? We should all join hands and see to it that Lobo wins with a huge margin.”

When asked whether Siddaramaiah will come to power in Karnataka, Poojary said, “In the next elections the Siddaramaiah government will come to power. I have never cursed Siddaramaiah, being a senior Congress leader, I have just advised him whenever necessary and warned if the situation does not improve he would finish the Congress. He has listened to me and corrected himself. Being a senior Congress leader, I will always advise him. We need to be humble, ego will finish a person, whoever they are should be humble.”

When asked about the allegations by the opposition that Indira Gandhi had also gone to jail, why then is the Congress speaking only about Yeddyurappa, Janardhan Poojary said, “Indira Gandhi did not go to jail like Yeddyurappa on charges of corruption! Yeddyurappa has no shame, when he was released from the jail, he was waving his hand as he had done a great job”.

Responding to the question that Harikrishna Bantwal was asking votes for the BJP using Poojary’s name, Poojary said, “The people of Mangaluru are aware of Poojary and Harikrishna Bantwal, they know whom to elect.”

Mangaluru South Constituency candidate J R Lobo, DCC President Harish Kumar, Election In-charge U B Venkatesh, Sashidhar Hegde and others were also present.