BJP to go solo in Karnataka assembly polls: Amit Shah

India

oi-PTI

Amit
Shah
urged
people
to
decide
whether
they
are
standing
with
a
party
of
patriots,
referring
to
the
BJP,
or
with
“tukde
tukde
gang”
under
the
leadership
of
Congress.

Bengaluru,
Dec
31:
Urging
party
workers
to
ensure
that
BJP
forms
a
government
with
two-thirds
majority
in
Karnataka,
Union
Home
Minister
Amit
Shah
on
Saturday
asserted
that
the
party
will
go
alone
in
the
2023
assembly
polls,
and
said
it
will
be
a
direct
contest
as
voting
for
JD(S)
is
like
casting
the
ballot
for
Congress.

He
also
urged
people
to
decide
whether
they
are
standing
with
a
party
of
patriots,
referring
to
the
BJP,
or
with
“tukde
tukde
gang”
under
the
leadership
of
Congress.

“There
are
clearly
two
sides
and
it
is
a
straight
fight
this
time.
Journalists
say
there
is
a
triangular
fight.
I
said
no,
it
is
a
straight
fight,
because
voting
for
JD(S)
means
voting
for
Congress.
So,
is
it
a
straight
fight
or
not?”
Shah
asked.

Accusing
the
JD(S)
of
spreading
rumours
claiming
that
BJP
will
tie
up
with
them,
while
addressing
party
workers
here,
he
said:
“I
have
come
to
tell
the
workers
and
the
people
of
Karnataka
that
we
will
not
go
with
any
party.
We
will
fight
alone
and
form
the
government
on
our
own.”

“There
are
clearly
two
sides.
On
one
side,
there
is
an
organisation
of
patriots
in
the
form
of
BJP
and
on
the
other
side,
tukde-tukde
gang
have
come
together
under
the
leadership
of
the
Congress.
It
is
for
the
people
of
Karnataka
to
decide
now
whether
they
are
with
the
patriots
or
those
who
support
people
who
want
to
divide
this
country,”
he
added.

Shah
was
speaking
at
the
BJP’s
booth
presidents
and
booth-level
agents
convention
at
the
Palace
Ground
here.

Highlighting
the
BJP’s
party’s
massive
victory
in
Gujarat,
Shah
told
party
workers
assembled
from
across
Karnataka:
“If
you
want
to
form
a
government,
don’t
form
an
incomplete
one,
form
a
government
with
a
full
two-thirds
majority.”
“I
have
seen
the
mood
of
the
people
of
Karnataka.
People
are
ready
(to
support
us),
we
need
to
go
to
them,”
he
added.

Karnataka
will
go
to
the
polls
by
April-May,
2023.