Continuing his tirade against the BJP, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said he will not speak against the saffron party if it showed any example of the governments headed by the BJP in the country building reservoirs extending irrigation benefits to farmers.
Addressing the party workers’ convention at Virajpet in Kodagu, he said the BJP questions the contributions and achievements of the Congress party and claimed that it was the Congress that built dams in the country. “The BJP has not built one dam in the country. I challenge the BJP to show me one example of the dam constructed by it.”
Stating that many associated with the Congress sacrificed their lives to secure independence, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the Congress fought staunchly for freedom from the British and many of its leaders were imprisoned during the freedom movement. “Though RSS was founded in 1925, none of their members took part in the freedom struggle,” he maintained.
