Karnataka assembly elections will be held in a single phase on May 10. (File)
Vijayapura:
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looted Rs 1.5 lakh crore from Karnataka in the last three and a half years.
Addressing a public meeting at Indi in Vijayapura, the Congress leader said, “They (BJP) have looted Rs 1.5 lakh crore from Karnataka in the last three-and-a-half years.”
He said, “With the money they looted, you could have built 100 AIIMS hospitals, 30,000 smart classrooms and houses for 30 lakh poor people. Today they can’t talk about your issues in front of you, so every day something new pick up.” An issue that has nothing to do with your development.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a jibe at the BJP, saying it was stealing democracy and urged people to vote for the grand old party.
Addressing a public meeting in the poll-bound Karnataka, Priyanka Gandhi said, “Nowadays there are different types of thieves in the country, some steal from houses… Now some thieves who ‘steal governments’ have also come, those thieves Theft of democracy…stop them.”
On Sunday, Priyanka Gandhi held a roadshow in Jamkhandi Kudachi, Belagavi to campaign for the Congress party ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections.
On 2 May, the Congress released its manifesto for the Karnataka Assembly elections.
The Karnataka assembly elections will be held in a single phase on May 10, with the counting of votes scheduled for May 13.
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