Amit Shah holding road show in Bangalore Rural as BJP-JD(S) workers are not united there: DK Shivakumar
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah is holding a roadshow at Channapatna in the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha segment, as workers of BJP and JD(S), who are fighting the polls in alliance, are not united there.
Shivakumar's brother and sitting MP D K Suresh is the Congress candidate in Bangalore Rural, while the BJP has fielded noted cardiologist Dr C N Manjunath, who is the son-in-law of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, on its ticket. Shah will kick off his campaign in Karnataka on April 2. He is scheduled to hold a roadshow at Channapatna in the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha segment.
«Why they have selected Channapatna is because BJP and JD(S) are not united there, their workers are not united there. BJP and JD(S) workers who have fought each other day in and out, and even during local body polls, are not working together. So, Amit Shah is starting his campaign from there,» Shivakumar said.
Addressing reporters here, he said JD(S) workers are also in a state of confusion in the Bangalore Rural segment, and people there know well about D K Suresh and Shivakumar.
«They (BJP-JDS) want to show their strength and that they are united by bringing Amit Shah there. Why didn't they hold both parties' joint workers' meetings till now? Just because the leaders have come together will the workers come together?» he asked, as he expressed confidence about his brother's win from the segment once again.
Suresh was the only Congress candidate who had won
