Betting on the return of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, Karnataka's BJP unit here on Sunday hoped that the April-May elections would make India free from the Congress.
"The dates to make India Congress-mukth have been announced. Hope the opposition is ready with fake narratives. Bring it on, we will expose them all," tweeted the party's state unit after the Election Commission declared in New Delhi the poll schedule for the 543 Lok Sabha seats, to be conducted in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, with vote count on May 23.
The party also wanted to ensure the election results were celebrated on the Indian soil and not in Pakistan, in a veiled attack on the Congress leaders doubting the success of air strikes by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the terror camps of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) at Balakot in Pakistan on February 26.
Polling for the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka will be held in two phases on April 18 and April 23.
--IANS
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