BENGALURU, 22 APRIL

BJP Tamil Nadu Chief K Annamalai held a roadshow along with the party's candidate from Bengaluru South seat Tejasvi Surya here on Monday.

Stating that in 10 years, not only the Narendra Modi government has implemented good schemes for Bengaluru, but Surya has also worked extensively for the constituency, Annamalai urged people to vote for him. "Before, only 14 central medical shops were present in this constituency but now 138 central medical shops have come; it's because of Tejasvi Surya," he said.

"Congress has become desperate because Karnataka is like an ATM for them. Even during the Assembly elections, we warned how Congress would use the State like an ATM. We are seeing it now; they are bleeding the State dry. A State that was a revenue surplus before Bommai left office has become a revenue deficit now. So, people are clear that they will not repeat the same mistake (of choosing Congress). For Lok Sabha, people will be with Modi and on 4 June, the BJP-led NDA will sweep all 28 seats in Karnataka," he said.

"Law and order have always been in bad condition during Congress because they do appeasement politics. What happened in Hubballi is not only distressing but extremely worrying. This is a shameless attitude. He (the father of the victim) is a Congress corporator," Annamalai added.

Neha Hiremath, daughter of Congress Corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death by her former friend Fayaz on the college campus in Hubli. The accused has been arrested.

Praising the Tamil Nadu BJP chief, Surya said, "He (Annamalai) has a big fan following in Bengaluru South as he worked as the DCP here and people know him well. Appeasement politics and vote bank politics have cost the nation. It is time that Congress learns its lesson or people will teach it a lesson.". —ANI