Bengaluru: “I believe in the principle that Narendra Modi becoming the Prime Minister of this country once again is inevitable,” said S M Krishna, former Karnataka Chief Minister, yesterday.
Speaking to reporters, he assured that he would campaign for the BJP in Karnataka in the Lok Sabha polls by visiting as many constituencies as possible and ensure that more number of candidates from the party win from the state and thus make Modi become the Prime Minister once again.
S M Krishna, a former external affairs minister during the UPA government, had served as the Karnataka Chief Minister between 1999 and 2004 and he had quit Congress and joined the BJP in 2017.
According to media reports, as Krishna is he is widely credited for the growth of the city as a global IT hub, the BJP would him to garner more votes in Bengaluru and nearby areas.
Krishna also belongs to Vokkaligas community and this could be used to BJP advantage while campaigning in districts like old Mysuru region, where the community is dominant.
When asked how his presence would help BJP in Bengaluru, as there are speculation that former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda might be contesting as the JD(S) candidate from Bangalore North, Krishna said BJP has strong ground in the city and people have not forgotten his good work as Chief Minister.
He further said individuals would not be that important, but ideology is. He further noted that the ideology to which BJP is committed to and on that basis the party would ask for votes. “Naturally, who all have worked for the development of Bengaluru will be in people’s minds. So based on that principle, we will fight this election, not on the basis of personality. But the only exception in this is Narendra Modi should become Prime Minister once again, this is our strong wish,” he added.
Senior BJP leader from the State R Ashoka yesterday met Krishna and discussed about the preparations for the coming elections.