Ambaraya Ashtagi, State vice-president of BJP SC Morcha, has alleged that fear of defeat in the Assembly elections is haunting Congress and its leaders.
Addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Sunday, Mr. Ashtagi accused Congress leaders of trying to break the Lingayat vote bank of BJP by portraying BJP national organising secretary B.L. Santhosh as anti-Linyagat. In fact, it was the Congress that tried to break Lingayat votes in the last Assembly elections and people of the State taught them a lesson, he said.
Not only Lingayats, the Congress had also neglected other communities, while the BJP has taken all them into confidence. This is where BJP has an edge over other parties, he said.
