Addressing party workers in Bengaluru, Shah said, “I have come to tell the workers and the people of Karnataka that we will not forge an alliance with any party.” We will fight alone and form the government on our own.
Targeting the Congress, he said, ‘There are clearly two sides. On one hand, there is an organization of patriots in the form of BJP and on the other hand, the tukde tukde gangs have come together under the leadership of Congress. It is for the people of Karnataka to decide whether they are with the patriots or with those who want to divide this country.
Amit Shah was addressing the conference of BJP booth presidents and booth level representatives at Palace Ground here. Referring to the BJP’s victory in Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Gujarat, Shah told party workers, “If you want to form the government, don’t form it half-heartedly, form it with a full two-thirds majority.” ‘
Shah said, ‘I have seen the mood of the people of Karnataka. People are ready (to support us), we need to go to them. Describing the Congress and the JD(S) as two sides of the same coin, he said, “Voting for the JD(S) will take Kumaraswamy to the Congress.” Give BJP a chance to form the government with a clear majority, we will end corruption, familyism and casteism and give a patriotic government in five years.
Describing Karnataka as the ‘gateway’ for the BJP in India’s south, Amit Shah expressed happiness about the response received during his visit to Mandya in the state’s ‘Old Mysuru’ region, where the party is considered weak. He asked the party workers to concentrate on their booth like Arjuna in Mahabharata could only see the bird’s eye while taking aim during archery. Shah said, “You strengthen your booth and Modiji will strengthen the country.”
Amit Shah said that on one side there is Modi and BJP who banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and on the other side it is Siddaramaiah of Congress and HD Kumaraswamy of JD(S) who withdrew cases against 1,700 PFI workers.