Dharwad, Apr 7: “The Modi wave has turned into the Modi tsunami and it will help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sweep the general elections,” said the former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar here on Sunday.
Speaking after conducting a road show, Mr. Shettar said that the repeated denial of Modi wave by the opposition parties showed that they were scared about such an impact on the voter 's mind.
It was because of the strong presence of Modi wave that the leaders of the Congress and the Janata Dal (S) were reluctant to contest the election and the party leaders had to exert pressure to convince them to contest.
In many constituencies, the Congress and the JD(S) found it difficult to search for proper candidates. All these factors kept the BJP in better position in the State and the party would win not less than 20 seats in Karnataka, he said. At the national level, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance would reach the tally of 300 seats and Mr. Modi would be the Prime Minister on his own strength, he said.
Mr. Shettar said during his State tour he noticed the people talking about making Mr. Modi the Prime Minister. People were fed up with the misrule of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA ) government that was marred by scams and scandals. Moreover, the sky rocketing of the prices of essential goods and inflation made lives of the common people miserable. People 's anguish would turn into votes against the Congress and in favour of the BJP, he said.
Farmer 's suicide
Mr. Shettar demanded that the State government should disclose the inquiry report on farmer 's suicide when the legislative Assembly session was on at Suvarna Soudha in Belgaum.
Speaking to the press persons here on Sunday, Mr. Shettar said the inquiry team headed by the Dharwad Deputy Commissioner Sameer Shukla had submitted the report to the government. Let Chief Minister Siddaramaiah disclose it instead of making confusing statements, he said.
The farmers held protest in front of the Suvarna Vidhan Soudha in Belgaum demanding fixing fair price for sugarcane.
Though the agitation continued for several days, the government did not care for the farmer 's woes. Vittal Arabhavi, who was one among the agitating farmers, consumed poison at the venue of the agitation “fed up with the government 's attitude”, he said.
U.R. under fire
Continuing verbal attack on the Jnanpith awardee U.R. Ananthamurthy, Mr. Shettar said the writer was a Congress protégé and was campaigning for the Congress in return for making him the Chancellor of Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga. Mr. Ananthamurthy should think whether a Chancellor campaigning for a political party was correct, he said.
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