Modi’s roadshows will not yield any results: Deve Gowda

Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda during an election rally on Sunday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said, “The presence of BJP has weakened in Karnataka. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming down here and conducting roadshows for two days. This is not a Parliament election. One cannot fool people through roadshows.” Addressing the rally in Sidlaghatta town of Chikkaballapur district, Gowda asked, “Not a single Muslim was made a Minister in the BJP government. We are all children of ‘Bharat Mata’. Why is the BJP practising discrimination?” Referring to Karnataka BJP leader K. Sudhakar, who defected from the Congress to BJP under ‘Operation Lotus’, the Janata Dal (Secular) founder added that it must be told who had sent 18 MLAs to Mumbai and who were responsible for the formation of the BJP government in Karnataka. Gowda said that he is waiting for his son H.D. Kumaraswamy to become the Chief Minister of Karnataka again.