HAVERI: Former Chief Minister and BJP candidate from the Haveri-Gadag Lok Sabha constituency, Basavaraj Bommai, on Saturday claimed that the Congress party has given tickets to family members of ministers due to the lack of suitable candidates. “The ruling party will split after the parliamentary polls”, Bommai said.
He told reporters that the Congress party will split within three months after Narendra Modi takes oath as the Prime Minister for the third time and added that it will have an impact on Karnataka also.
“Dynasty politics has been there in the Congress party and it isn’t new. But, this time, giving more tickets to the kith and kin of the ministers was for a different reason. The high command had asked ten ministers to contest in the parliamentary polls, but they were not confident of winning the election. When the national leaders asked them to suggest suitable candidates, they got the tickets for their sons, daughters, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and brother. This would not benefit the party at all as the voters have decided to vote for PM Modi”, he added.
Basavaraj Bommai said he will decide tomorrow when to file the nomination as Lok Sabha candidate.
Karnataka, which has 28 Lok Sabha seats, will vote in two phases on April 26 and May 7. The Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held in seven phases, starting on April 19. The counting of votes is on June 4. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress and JD-S fought together against the BJP and the combine was decimated. The BJP had won a record 25 seats; Congress and JD(S) won just one seat each. (ANI)
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