Congress seeks fresh mandate

Opposition Congress on Friday accused the BJP government in Karnataka of “betraying” people, failing on all fronts and demanded that the Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda seek fresh mandate. “The BJP government has betrayed people by reneging on all the promises it made during the 2008 assembly elections. The government failed on all sectors. The Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda should dissolve the state assembly and go for fresh polls,” KPCC President G Parameshwara urged at a press conference here. A day after Gowda presented the performance card of the four-year-old BJP government, Parameshwara rebutted the claims of development by it. The BJP in its poll manifesto promised its commitment for a “bountiful Karnataka”, but totally neglected development and pushed the state into a debt trap.

The total debt of Karnataka which was about 54,000 crore four years ago has shot up to Rs 1.02 lakh crore now, Parameshwara charged.