Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (NR) - pics - Dayanand Kukkaje

Mangalore, Sep 22: JD(S) State president Merajuddin Patel addressed his party workers here on Friday September 21 as part of the election campaign for his party in the city.

Patel in the course of the address ruing the attitude of the media declared “Though the media has created hype ten months prior to October 3, the actual transfer of power will depend entirely on the people’s choice.”  

Further Patel clarified that it was too premature to discuss the deadline for transfer of power, which is about ten days away and in his opinion the world can change drastically in a span of one day. 

Summing up the issue of power transfer Patel firmly stated that what the JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda decides will be final decision on the matter. He also lauded the efforts of the chief minister and deputy CM saying that both Kumaraswamy and Yediyurappa were doing an excellent job and it is the people’s opinion that both must be given another opportunity to carry out their good work and complete the projects they have started.

Venting his ire at BJP, Patel questioned the fact as to why BJP was claiming credit for implementation of development projects and in this context sarcastically remarked that if all pro-people measures are undertaken by BJP alone, then what exactly was JD(S) doing in the state? 

Further Patel demanded from the BJP leaders to first bring reports of other states presently ruled by BJP and verify if they have implemented the farmer’s loan waiving scheme ‘Bhagya Laxmi’ scheme, loan at 4%, distribution cycle to rural children etc in those states. Based on this he countered “If they have not implemented these schemes in other states then they cannot claim credit for the projects in Karnataka too, he added.

Moreover according to him both Congress and BJP are anti-development and even remarked that Congress will lose it deposit too, if it does not spend on wine and money to buy electorates. The Congress is busy appeasing the minorities while BJP is the party of the elite pandering to the industries and rich businessmen, he declared and hence exhorted the electorates to decide which party must win by evaluating its service to society.