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Moily lashes out at BJP

By Our Staff Correspondent

KARKALA, APRIL 21. The former Chief Minister, M. Veerappa Moily, on Wednesday said the BJP was dividing the country on communal lines. He was addressing an election rally at Gandhi Maidan here.

Noting that the multicultural traditions of the country should be preserved at all costs, Mr. Moily said the Congress believed in building bridges of harmony among people. Karkala was a shining example for tolerance and harmony as it was a pilgrimage centre for Hindus, Jains, and Christians.

He said no one could beat the BJP in formulating a fundamentalist agenda. The party had not been able to open its account in Kerala, despite fervent appeals by the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, to the people there, he added.

Though the State had faced an unprecedented drought, the Centre had turned a deaf ear to its appeals, he said.

The Centre had released 10 lakh tonnes of foodgrains to Karnataka as against the 65 lakh tonnes of foodgrains to Andhra Pradesh.

Mr. Moily noted that the World Bank had termed Karnataka best governed State in the country and offered to give Rs. 2,500 crore as loan to improve the power sector in the State.

He said Karkala should not be allowed to become a laboratory for communal forces.

The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, the Congress candidate for the Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency, B.L. Shankar, the District Congress Committee President, M.A. Gafoor, Gopal Bhandary, former MLA, and other Congress leaders were present.

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