PM Modi launches veiled attack on Congress in poll-bound Karnataka

TIL Desk/National/Yadgir/ In a veiled attack on the Congress in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said previous governments were responsible for the backwardness of the northern part of the state. Addressing a public rally in Kudekal village of Yadgir district, Prime Minister Modi said: “The north Karnataka region has the same potential as other regions. But, the previous governments did not even bother to think of providing infrastructure, water, road and power to the region.

”He appreciated Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his team for working towards the speedy development of the North Karnataka region. The region will take strides in development in the coming days, he added. “We have to learn from the past blunders. Earlier governments have washed their hands of ensuring development by declaring the region as backward,” he said.

“They did not bother to look into what is preventing the development. They were only focusing on vote bank politics. But Our priority is not voting bank politics. Our priority is only development, development and development,” Prime Minister Modi said.