From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Mar 29: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai blamed the Congress party for its conspiracy of spreading the canard that a community will be dropped from the SC list and categorically said there is no question of removing any community from the list.
Talking to reporters in Bengaluru on Wednesday, he took the Congress leaders to task for giving the wrong information to a few communities that they have been removed from the SC list.
The government will not remove the Banjara, Bhovi and Koracha communities from the list, and information in this regard has been given to the government of India last month.
“All these communities have been there since the days of kings and they have continued even after the Constitution came into effect. With evidence all information has been shared with the Government of India and those communities will remain in the SC list,” he declared.
On JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy's statement about the offers made by the high commands of two national parties, Bommai said the JD(S) leader knew well who and when, and what offer he gets, and what he would receive.
The chief minister said like other parties he will not tell lies and give wrong predictions on the number of seats.
“All the survey reports have come and the BJP is ahead of all other parties. Since this is a party internal matter and cannot be made public. I have visited all the districts five to six times in the last one and a half years. I have not left out any district in the last three months. The BJP will get an absolute majority in the Assembly polls and it will come back to power,” he asserted.
PM's visit on April 9
The Chief Minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Mysuru in connection with 50 years of Project Tiger and this programme was fixed much before the announcement of the poll dates.
Along with Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President J P Nadda will be coming to Karnataka for the campaigning. Besides, several other leaders will be coming to the State, he said.
He said digital technology will be used to reach the maximum number of people in the coming election. The booth-level party workers must visit every house in their assembly constituencies to tell about the achievements of the state and union governments.
List of candidates
He said the list of BJP candidates will be released soon. Already, the party has on its hand the survey report along with recommendations/suggestions of taluk and district-level workers and leaders.
The complete details will be sent to the Party Parliamentary Board for its approval and it may take a week time.
Congress has no candidates
The Chief Minister said KPCC President D K Shivakumar has called the BJP MLAs' during the preparation of the second list of candidates and this shows the pitiable situation of the grand old party.
“Shivakumar would not have called if the Congress Party had strong candidates. The Congress leader has offered the tickets to those who join the party. This shows that the Congress Party did not have the candidates. They have tried to contact all those who had joined the BJP in 2019 as well as the original BJP legislators. The BJP will come back to power with a thumping majority,” he said.
Bommai said he received the memorandums from the general public to date but it is not possible from tomorrow following the enforcement of poll code of conduct.
“I am happy that I got an opportunity to serve the people. From today, we have to abide by law,” he added.