As Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Karnataka, a warning from Siddaramaiah
New Delhi, Sep 30: As Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' entered Karnataka on Friday, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah warned the BJP against trying to obstruct it and said police officers colluding with the ruling party would be taught a befitting lesson.
Welcoming the march and addressing a gathering here, the former Chief Minister said the yatra is to highlight various problems plaguing the country.
"There's unrest in the country. There are many problems. Corruption is rampant. There's a 40 per cent commission government in Karnataka," the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly said, according to news agency PTI.
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Siddaramaiah called upon people to make the yatra a success and claimed that the BJP is "not able to see this event happen in the state."
He also held out a warning to the BJP leaders if they obstruct the march.
"I
warn
you
not
to
interrupt
us
or
else
we
will
not
let
you
roam
around
in
Karnataka," he
said.
Siddaramaiah
also
cautioned
police
officers
in
Karnataka
not
to
'collude'
with
the
BJP.
"We will come to power after six months. The change is going to happen. All the policemen are not alike but whoever will collude with the BJP, we will teach them a befitting lesson," he said.
Siddaramaiah alleged that communalism and divisive and hatred politics have intensified in the country after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister.
A 'Yatra' from nowhere to nowhere
"There's
fear
among
Dalits,
backward
communities,
women
and
farmers,"
Mr
Siddaramaiah
said.
He
charged
the
BJP
with
never
having
faith
in
democracy
and
the
Indian
Constitution.
"They (BJP) believe in one leader, one ideology and one symbol," he alleged.