Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday once again accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of neglecting the poor, launching a veiled attack on BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi.
Addressing a rally in Karnataka in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he blamed the Opposition for stalling six-anti graft legislations in Parliament and raked up the alleged irregularities during the BS Yeddyurappa-led government's rule in the southern state.
Gandhi stressed the achievements of Karnataka, particularly capital Bangalore, in the field of information technology. A day after Modi harped on IT and e-governance to usher in inclusive development in the country, Gandhi said the BJP had posed a hurdle to the introduction of computers.
"When Rajiv Gandhi (Rahul's father) proposed the introduction of computers in the country in the 1980s, a BJP leader had questioned the move. He had said people would lose jobs because of computers."
The Congress vice-president also accused the BJP of not helping the poor and favouring a select group of elite people. Around a week ago, Gandhi had addressed a rally in Gujarat, blaming chief minister Modi for running a 'government of the rich people'.
Labelling similar charges against governments in BJP-ruled states, he asserted the Congress had always worked for the poor and backward classes.
Taking a dig at the BJP over making corruption its key campaign point ahead of the key elections, Gandhi came down heavily on Yeddyurappa without naming him.
At a time the Karnataka unit of the BJP is buoyed following the Lingayat strongman's return to the party, Gandhi pointed out the alleged irregularities that surfaced during his rule.
In 2008, Yeddyrappa had led the charge to form the first BJP government in a southern state. Accused of being involved of a mining scam, he parted ways with the BJP and launched the Karnataka Janata Paksha, resulting in the BJP's ouster in the 2013 assembly polls. He, however, returned to his old party recently.
Karnataka, which sends 28 members to Lok Sabha, contributed the maximum seats (19) to BJP's final tally of 116 LS seats in 2009 general elections.
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