Parties attack BJP, say it should take lessons from K'taka episode

The Congress and several other parties today hit out at the BJP, claiming all attempts to use money and muscle power failed in Karnataka and asked the saffron party to take lessons from the episode.

Soon after B S Yeddyurappa resigned as the chief minister, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi launched a strong attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that "he is corruption" and his claims of fighting it were "a blatant lie".

He also said that the opposition parties will now on unite to fight the BJP-RSS and defeat it in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

"The idea that the prime minister spreads around the country that he is fighting corruption is a blatant lie. He is a corruption. He is doing everything to subvert this nation and he is doing it across the board," he said at a press conference.

An aggressive Gandhi alleged that there were phone conversations of MLAs being attempted to be purchased by the BJP, saying, "That was directly authorised from Delhi."
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar claimed that the new government would not last long as it was an "unholy nexus."
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav also took to Twitter, saying, "Truth can never be defeated! Truth will always defeat a lie or liar!."
In his press conference, Gandhi also alleged that everybody in this country knows that the prime minister's model of leadership is not that of a democratic person "It is that of a dictator. Everybody knows that. You know, I know that. The Supreme Court knows that. Even the prime minister knows that."
Asked whether he supports the demand for resignation of Governor Vajubhai Vala, he said, "The governor has no choice...Yes, it's a good idea if he resigns, but I can guarantee you that under the BJP rule the next man will do exactly the same thing."