Karnataka Parivarthana rally: Celebrating Tipu Jayanti won’t benefit people

Addressing the rally, Shah said that the intention is to make Karnataka, Congress free.

The BJP's national president Amit Shah flagged off the Karnataka Parivarthana Rally from Bengaluru on Thursday. The rally signals the start of the campaign for the BJP ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections to be held in 2018.

Addressing the rally, Shah said that the intention is to make Karnataka, Congress free. We will dismantle the government in the state, he also said in the presence of BJP's chief ministerial candidate, B S Yeddyurappa.

He also questioned the need to celebrate Tipu Jayanti. He said that celebrating Tipu Jayanti and doing vote bank politics will not benefit the people of Karnataka.

He questioned the policies of the Siddaramaiah led government in Karnataka and said he had made it the number one corrupt state.

He further sought to know why Siddaramaiah was compromising with security. He took back cases against various elements and also is not bothered about the killing of so many RSS workers, Shah also said.

Further Shah questioned Siddaramaiha's stand on the OBC issue. If he was so concerned about the OBCs, then why the did the Congress oppose a bill to this effect that was proposed by the Narendra Modi government, he asked.

Earlier, traffic was severely affected ahead of this rally. The traffic even led to a delay in the arrival of Shah at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre from where the rally was flagged off. The rally which should have been flagged off at 11.30 am was delayed because of the jam. Nearly 2 lakh workers were expected to be at the rally, but many were caught up in the traffic jam.

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