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Support us to come to power, BJP leaders tell people

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Campaign: BJP leaders taking out the party’s ‘Jana jagruti Yatra’ from the Gali Anjaneyaswamy Temple on Bangalore-Mysore Road, in Bangalore on Monday.

BANGALORE: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday kick-started the second stage of the “Jana jagruti Yatra” with a fervent appeal to the people to “teach a lesson” to Janata Dal (Secular), and the Congress by defeating them in the elections and also support its candidates so that it could win nearly 150 Assembly seats of the total 224. The BJP leaders chose the Janata Dal (S) bastion of Ramanagara, which is represented in the Assembly by the former Chief Minister, H.D. Kumaraswamy, to unleash a tirade against him, his father H.D. Deve Gowda and brother H.D. Revanna.

The former Chief Minister and BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa, who spearheaded the campaign along with State party president D.V. Sadananda Gowda and a host of his former ministerial colleagues, appealed to the youth to join the BJP to save democracy from the clutches of selfish politicians who had taken politics to a new low by refusing to keep promises.

“Instead of getting disgusted with politics and developing an aversion to it, the youth should take a plunge into politics and join the BJP to cleanse the field. I want a minimum of 20 youth from each village,” Mr. Yeddyurappa remarked.

Enthused by the good turnout and a warm reception at Ramanagara, Mr. Yeddyurappa said Mr. Kumaraswamy had not only dented the State’s reputation, but had also set a bad political precedence by refusing to transfer power to the BJP.

“In the last 20 months, I obliged Mr. Kumaraswamy and his family by blindly signing all the files brought by them. I would have never agreed to become Chief Minister had they told me earlier that I have to sign an agreement on stamp paper.”

“I worked effectively as Deputy Chief Minister and tried to respond to problems of the people through my welfare schemes. Both these parties were scared that I would work even more effectively if I become Chief Minister. Those programmes would have eroded the base of the Janata Dal (S) and the Congress in the State.”

“Help us to come to power on our own so that I can take up these programmes. People are concerned over the political betrayal of the Janata Dal (S). But I don’t want your sympathy. I want you to support the party in the elections,” Mr. Yeddyurappa said.

The BJP leaders commenced the second stage of the campaign after offering pooja at the Gali Anjaneyaswamy temple on Mysore Road, in Bangalore. The first stage had been launched in October after the Janata Dal (S) had refused to transfer power.

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