Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP) 

Bengaluru, Feb 22: BJP national president, Amit Shah, in a verbal jab aimed at ridiculing the coalition government in the state, said that Karnataka is currently being ruled by two-and-a-half chief ministers. He lampooned this government as a perfect example to show the functioning style of the Gathbandhan's government in case that is formed.

He was addressing a meeting of BJP Shakti Kendra heads organized at Avathi, Devanahalli here on Thursday February 21. During the address, he repeatedly attacked the state government.

"Karnataka chief minister, Kumaraswamy, claims that he is working like a clerk. Siddaramaiah functions like he is the super chief minister. Parameshwara appears like half a chief minister. Therefore, this government is run by two-and-a-half chief ministers," he said, and asked the crowd whether such a government can improve the standard of living of the people to which the people responded with an emphatic 'no'.

He said that anyone who wants to feel how does a government formed by the Gathbandhan at the national level work, can have a look at how Karnataka government is functioning now. Every leader who has aspired to be a part of the grand Gathbandhan is a Prime Ministerial aspirant, he stated. He also ridiculed H D Deve Gowda as a person who nurses an ambition to become Prime Minister of the country again.

Shah said that Gathbandhan government can never achieve the development of the country or improve the standing of the country at the international level. "Such a government will also not reinforce the financial might of the country, and the young people of the country cannot witness the building of new India as conceptualized by them. Only a government led by Narendra Modi can achieve all these things," he said.