Bengaluru: In a complete turnaround, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday came down heavily on the Janata Dal (S), accusing it of joining hands with terrorist organisations to win the Assembly elections, when only recently he had come to the defence of its supremo, H.D. Deve Gowda.
Addressing an election rally at the Visvesvaraya grounds in Kengeri satellite town, Mr Modi appealed to the voters not to “commit the mistake” of voting for the JD(S), which he described as totally insignificant in the elections.
“Whatever political pundits might say, the JD(S) is restricted to third position, and cannot be an alternative to the Congress or form the government at its own strength,” he maintained, claiming that a desperate JD(S) had now joined hands with terrorist organisations, that were a threat to national security, to win the elections. Mr Modi’s remarks against the JD(S) were made before a moderate crowd drawn from the four Assembly constituencies.
