Amit Shah's better known for skills to divide people, says Dr G Parameshwar
Bengaluru: Launching a counter offensive against Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah over his allegations of corruption against the state government, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president Dr G. Parameshwar on Tuesday charged that the leader was known most for his skills to drive a wedge between people of different castes and communities.
Speaking after unfurling the Tricolor at the KPCC office here, Dr Parameshwar dared Mr Shah to define corruption first.
“Mr Shah may have succeeded in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar or Gujarat but Karnataka is not Gujarat or Uttar Pradesh. What strategy is required to win elections by rigging electronic voting machines? This is not merely an allegation. In Madhya Pradesh and other areas, after every second vote is cast, the third vote automatically goes into the kitty of BJP candidates. This has been proved in the presence of respective Chief Electoral Officers. Still, how can anyone call him the Chanakya of modern times? He is no match for the genius of medieval era, Chanakya. At best, Mr Shah is a communal leader,” he said.
e said that the Congress always highlighted socio-economic development while the Bharatiya Janata Party and its leaders, more so the likes of Mr Shah, thrive on communal agenda. People are aware of who Mr Shah is. They are not frightened of his strategic skills but rather fear his communal, divisive skills, he added.
Reiterating that the state government was working in the best interests of its people, the KPCC president wondered how Mr Shah conveniently forgot the rot within his party.
“Mr Shah hobnobs with corrupt leaders like Mr Yeddyurappa, the Reddy brothers, Es. En. Krishnaiah Shetty and Katta Subramanya Naidu. All these leaders whom I have mentioned have been jailed for corrupt activities, but that does not deter him from having a sit-down dinner with them. However, he sees lot of corruption in our party. This is nothing but Mr Shah’s selective blindness which worked overtime during his three-day stay in Bengaluru,” he added.
