L J Ravi 
Kolar : Hon’ble Congress President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge’s spoke at “Jai Bharat” Rally in Karnataka
Kolar district is the land of gold. All three gold mines Kolar, Tumkur, and Raichur belonging to India are in Karnataka. They supply gold for the entire country.
There is another special thing that needs to be mentioned regarding Kolar. As Kolar was-drought-hit area, when our government came to power, our government and the public representatives of this area unitedly worked to ensure water supply to this area. As a result, today hundreds of lakes are filled with water, facilitating irrigation to thousands and lakhs of acre lands.
Dairy farming started here because of the initiatives taken by M Krishnappa, an ex-Revenue Minister of Karnataka and Union Minister for Animal husbandry. Later Seri culture industry also started here during this time. Now this land is known for Gold, milk, silk, and water and we have started our campaign in this land and we are sure that Congress will certainly win this election.
People are fed up with the Modi government. More than that they have tired of 40% of Commission state government. People are enraged and they have decided to elect Congress and they are coming voluntarily to support us. Who will tolerate this 40% Sarkara? Modi ji will not utter a word about this instead he repeatedly targets the work of Congress and asks,`What Congress has done in 70 years’? He has spent nine years asking the same question.
Modi ji said . Whether Modi started BHEL and BEL? There were no buses, no electricity here. Electricity first came to Kolar. It is our government that brought electricity to Kolar. We should ask what is the contribution of your double-engine government to Karnataka. He should be made answerable for that.
During the term of Pandit Nehru ji and K C Reddy, public sector came to Karnataka. What is the contribution of your government ?.
Modi ji promised to provide two crores of jobs in a year. As he assured, in nine years he should have provide a total of 18 crore jobs. Where are the jobs? His government has closed public sector industries and sold that to Adani. He created uncertainty for the youth. But he has the gall to say, what Congress has not achieved in 70 years has been achieved by the Modi government in nine years!
BJP MPs started obstructing me when I started to speak in Parliament. But Modi ji did not try to stop them once because he was behind it.
Shri Rahul Gandhi asked a few questions. He said a businessman Aadani had 50,000 crores in 2014, it became 2 lakh crores in 2020, and suddenly it increases to 12 lakh crores in 2023, how it happened? Rahul ji asked Modiji when, where, and why he met Adani. It is asked in the public interest. A case has been filed against Shri Rahul Gandhi for asking this question. He spoke in Kolar but the FIR has been filed in Gujarat. Within 22 days a judgment came against him and he has been disqualified. Within 24 hours, a notice was issued to him to vacate his house. Electricity and water supply has been blocked to his house. Is this the Democracy we cherish? We need to save Democracy.
We need to save the Democracy of India provided by Ambedkar ji, Nehru ji, Patel ji and Mahatma Gandhiji. For that, we need to work unitedly. Democracy won’t survive if no one speaks against injustice. Only Congress can do it.
Who becomes CM is irrelevant. I want Congress government here. We need to implement the project like distribution of milk and nutritious food to children which was started by Smt. Indira Gandhi. CM shall be chosen according to the verdict of the people. We need to join hands for this. Give 150 to 160 seats to us. It is not an impossible task.
It is a corrupt government. We do not need to say this. Former Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri Jagadish Shettar says `I have never seen corrupt BJP leaders like this’. He only says it. Jammu & Kashmir Former Governor Shri Satyapal Malik says “Modi ji actually has no problem with corruption”. People are not listening to your (Modi ji’s) lies anymore.
Double-engine government has not introduced any developmental program in our state. You attached an additional engine and showed a green flag to a train that was started during our government. But you claimed that it was started by your government. It started from here to Bengaluru then Kashi and he said You have not started a new program, just polished, and painted the old engine and showed a green flag to it.
The people of Karnataka shall give a befitting answer to the Bommai government and remove it. Bengaluru has a special place in the country. But Bengaluru has not seen any growth during the term of BJP. Bengaluru saw development because of the Congress government, it developed during our period. It is time to support Congress.
