MINUTES after the Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka fell, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of attacking the country’s institutions and said the message from Karnataka is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not bigger than India.
“I am proud that opposition stood together and defeated the BJP and we will continue to do so,” Rahul Gandhi said while addressing a press conference at the AICC Headquarters in New Delhi.
A combative Rahul Gandhi took on Narendra Modi, accusing the Prime Minister of “directly authorising purchasing of MLAs in Karnataka.”
“You’ve seen openly how the PM directly authorized purchasing of MLAs in Karnataka, so the idea that PM spreads in the country that he is fighting corruption, is a blatant lie, he is corruption, the Congress chief said, adding that PM’s model of leadership is of a “dictator”.
His comments were in reference to a number of audio clips the Congress released wherein it alleged horse trading by BJP leaders, including Yeddyurappa.
The BJP, however, rejected the charge, calling the tape the job of “mimicry artistes” and the “dirty tricks department” of the Congress.
Yeddyurappa resigned as the chief minister of Karnataka a day after the Supreme Court directed him to take the floor test on Saturday. The Congress had approached the top court after governor Vajubhai Vala invited Yeddyurappa to form a government in Karnataka and prove his majority within 15 days.
The Congress and JS(S) alliance is set to assume power in Karnataka after the May 12 election threw up a hung assembly in the state. The BJP won 104 seats but fell short of the halfway mark in Karnataka assembly election. Together, the Congress and JD(S) have 115 seats in the 222-seat assembly.
