In an oblique response to All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘venomous snake’ remark against him and also Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah’s ‘corrupt Lingayat CM’ comment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the response to the ’verbal abuse’ would come in the form of votes in the Assembly elections in Karnataka on May 10. Counting of votes is on May 13.
“It is a tradition of Congress to insult whoever works for the poor, and the country. I am not the only person who was attacked like this. You remember they had attacked with the ‘Chowkidar Chor (thief)’ slogan. Later, they said ‘Modi Chor’. Then, they said, the entire OBC community comprises thieves. Now, at the beginning of this election in Karnataka, they dared to call Lingayat brothers and sisters thieves… Congress people, just open your ears and listen to me. Whenever you verbally abused somebody, you got such a punishment in response that you could not stand up again. This time also, the answer to your abuse and insult would be given through votes,” Mr. Modi said at an election rally in Humnabad of Bidar district in north Karnataka on April 29.
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