Raj Babbar, MP and Congress leader, said on Tuesday that the election in Karnataka has become a battle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered from leadership vacuum.
He was speaking at an election campaign meeting of the Congress here. Hiriyadka is part of the Kaup Assembly constituency.
Mr. Babbar said that lack of leadership in State BJP had forced Mr. Modi to address as many campaign meetings as possible. “The very fact that the BJP has been forced to bring in Mr. Modi to address these many campaign meetings convinces me that it has already sensed a defeat here,” he said.
Mr. Babbar said that Mr. Modi had described himself as “chowkidar” or watchman. But scamsters such as Lalit Modi, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi had managed to commit financial scams in the country and flee. “This is a strange ‘chowkidar’ who never uses his baton. He is content to let thieves flee,” he said.