Earlier, a controversy erupted on Friday after a video purportedly showing Congress president Rahul Gandhi "disrespecting" the national song 'Vande Mataram' at a public rally in Bantwal surfaced and went viral.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a rally in Karnataka on Tuesday, claimed that there is a huge support for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state which would help the saffron party form the government after Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018. "There is not a BJP wave but a BJP storm in Karnataka," PM Modi said while addressing a rally in Chamarajanagar district. Prime Minister attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi and accused him of insulting those who worked hard to electrify the remotest villages in India.
Here are the top 5 quotes from PM Modi's rally in Mysuru:
* "we are kaamdaars". "What is our level that we can sit with people like the Congress president, who look down upon us," Narendra Modi said, launching a personal attack on Rahul Gandhi.
* Rahul dared me. He claimed that if he speaks for 15 minutes I wouldn't be able to stand in front of him. You can speak English, you can speak Hindi, you may even be able to speak in your 'mother's tongue'. Speak in any language you want. I dare you to speak for 15 minutes without reading from a piece of paper. Speak for 15 minutes on your government's achievements over the last five year. If you can do that, the people of Karnataka will accept you.
* In 2005 Dr. Manmohan Singh had said he will provide electricity to every village by 2009. Even Sonia ji was in favour of electrifying villages. What happened to that? In any case, we saw how the Congress treated Dr. Manmohan Singh. They tore off ordinances and disrespected him.
*Those who keep abusing us day and night do not tell why there are still 4 crore households without electricity. We have vowed to electrify these 4 crore households through ‘Saubhagya Yojana’.
*There is Congress leader who does not know Vande Mataram, who do not know the history of our country or even their own party.
Earlier, a controversy erupted on Friday after a video purportedly showing Congress president Rahul Gandhi "disrespecting" the national song 'Vande Mataram' at a public rally in Bantwal surfaced and went viral.
The BJP slammed Gandhi, saying he does not have respect for the national song, a charge dismissed by the Congress as "absolutely false."
"He (Gandhi) does not have respect for the national song. What can we expect from him," tweeted BJP on its handle, after a local TV channel showed a brief video clip of the purported incident even as Congress dubbed it as a "fake video".
The video showed Gandhi sitting on the dais with senior Congress leaders, including Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and pointing to his watch gesturing something to AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka affairs KC Venugopal, apparently to wrap up quickly.
A person is then heard telling the singer to "just sing a line (of Vande Mataram) and finish it off." As the singer began singing "Vande Mataram", Venugopal is seen nudging Gandhi to stand up.
Seizing on this, BJP tweeted, "Today, RG asked to cut it to just one line, reminding us of INC's total disregard for the song."
The BJP further asked, "Do we need more reasons for Cong Mukth Bharath? Shame on you, RG."
Criticising Gandhi's act, BJP said in 1937, Nehru had dropped last three stanzas of Vande Mataram just to pacify Mohammad Ali Jinnah who had said the song irks the Muslims.
Senior BJP leader and union minister Ananth Kumar also took to Twitter saying, "Common proud Indians like us say- Janani Janmm Bhumischa Swarga Daapi Gariyasi. Arrogant, Ignorant dynast says "cut short Vande Mataram."
The Prime Minister, who kick-started the BJP campaign in Karnataka today, is scheduled three rallies in Karnataka?s Chamarajanagar, Udupi and Belagavi district today.
He will address 15 rallies in total over a period of just five days.
(With agency inputs)
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