Mangalore : Congress President Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to visit Mangalore for election campaigning on April 27, instead of April 25 as announced earlier, informed B Janardhan Poojari, former union minister.
Addressing a press meet here, he said Sonia’s visit was postponed as she has to attend the Lok Sabha session and reply to various queries from opposition parties.
Poojari who launched a tirade against the central BJP leaders, said several BJP leaders including LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh and others who are in the state are targeting the Union government by forgetting the scams and scandals in which the state government was involved. On what moral grounds are the BJP leaders seeking vote in Karnataka when the state government was involved neck deep in corruption, he questioned.
Referring to senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, he questioned why she failed to realize the corrupt practices of Janardhan Reddy despite her visit to his residence several times.
“ Let not Advani who ridicules the prime minister as most corrupt, forget the fact that it was the same person who saved the nation’s economy at a time of crisis.
Asked about the stance of Congress leaders on the Netravathi river diversion project, he said he would not comment on the issue when the Central BJP leaders too were silent.
Ibrahim Kodijal, District Congress Interim President, former mayor Ashraf, Balaraj Rai, former MUDA Chairman Suresh Ballal, Kripa Alva, Kallige Taranath Shetty and others were present
