All secular people should join hands with Cong for the sake of country: Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru, Apr 12: Stating that the victory of Congress is inevitable for the growth of Karnataka and India, chief minister Siddaramaiah has exhorted all secular, non-communal and honest people to come together to defeat the communal forces at the national level under the leadership of the Congress.

In an interview Mr Siddaramaiah said that the Congress must win 2018 Karnataka polls to change the national scene. “Look at how the communal forces are spreading disharmony in the country. Minorities, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes are living in fear... The BJP is set to destroy the secular fabric of this country. The BJP cannot be allowed to continue if democracy has to be restored and the Constitution respected,” he said.

“All secular-minded people should come together to defeat the communal forces at the national level under the leadership of the Congress. I see this as a distinct possibility. There are regional parties in several States which are quite strong and are also strongly against communalism,” he said.

Siddaramaiah called BJP national president Amit Shah and state president Yeddyurappa as lairs. “Making baseless allegations against the government is a bad practice. What is the basis when they say that the Siddaramaiah government is ‘10% commission government’? Where is the evidence? A prime minister should not have made such false allegations. Our government is a scandal-free government. During the BJP government, B.S. Yeddyurappa, G. Janardhana Reddy and two other minsters went to jail,” he recalled.