Janata Dal (United) national president Rajiv Ranjan, alias Lalan Singh, hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 8 over his call to voters in Karnataka to chant ‘ Jai Bajrangbali’ while casting their votes in the Assembly election on May 10.
“We have also spent long years in politics, have you ever heard a Prime Minister say ‘chant Jai Bajrangbali and cast vote on kamal chaap’ (lotus symbol of BJP). No, never. How can a Prime Minister make such an appeal during the election campaign? It proves that he wants to spread religious frenzy to hide the corruption of the BJP in Karnataka. Let him do this, he will not get any results,” Mr. Singh said at the party office.
Last week, while addressing a public meeting in Uttara Kannada district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Congress and its leaders hated and abused him because he had crashed their corrupt system. He asked the people of Karnataka to punish the abuser by saying ‘Jai Bajrangbali’ while pressing the button in the polling booths.
