Hubli: "Development has taken a backseat in Karnataka due to bad governance and corruption," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attacking the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. He was speaking at a public rally in Hubli. Karnataka will go to polls on May 5 and results will be declared on May 8.
"...bad governance, carelessness in development works and above all corruption has led to the slackening of progress in Karnataka", he said in this northern part of the state, where the BJP draws much of its strength. Singh also alleged there was "a lack of communal harmony" in Karnataka. "A sense of insecurity prevails among minorities in Karnataka," added the PM.
Singh said attention was neither being paid to agriculture nor employment. A number of irrigation works are incomplete and even the works taken up under accelerated irrigation development programme were unsatisfactory. Also, no attention has been paid to infrastructure, resulting in a number of industries going to Hyderabad and Pune. "...I am particularly unhappy about the lack of development, especially in minority pockets like Raichur, Bellary, Gulbarga and Bidar...Lack of communal harmony and sense of insecurity among the minorities is prevalent," said the PM.
He will address another public rally in Karnataka on Monday. After Hubli, he will fly down to rural Bangalore to speak at a public meeting. ...
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