Former Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said he would take responsibility for the party’s poor show in the Assembly elections.
“We have lost the Assembly elections despite providing good governance. Ours was an honest government that worked for the development of the State and for the welfare of people. We released over ₹5,000 crore for irrigation projects and established the Kittur Karnataka Development Board; but we failed in publicising our efforts. We could not take our projects to the people,” Mr. Bommai said.
He urged party workers to remain united and work for the BJP’s victory in the Lok Sabha polls. “We should make united efforts to bring back Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to power. We should understand that elections to the Assembly and Lok Sabha are different. It should be our single-minded resolve [to win the elections]. We should forget the past and ensure that Mr. Modi becomes the Prime Minister again,” he said.
