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Karnataka poll: Parties launch campaign,
release manifestos
Saturday April 13, 2013 11:59:17 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore: With
three weeks to go for the May 5 Karnataka assembly poll, the
Congress Saturday launched its poll campaign, the ruling BJP
sought the voters' forgiveness for corruption scandals and two
parties released their manifestos.
Urging the electorate to vote for the BJP, Chief Minister Jagadish
Shettar sought their forgiveness and said that "those who had
tainted the party were no longer in it".
Shettar was referring to former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa,
whose tenure in 2008-11 was marked by various scandals.
Yeddyurappa was forced out of office in July 2011. He quit the BJP
last year and now leads Karnataka Janata Party (KJP)
Shettar said he and his predecessor D.V. Sadananda Gowda, who
succeeded Yeddyurappa in August 2011, had provided scandal-free
governance.
The Congress held a rally in north Bangalore to mark the launch of
its campaign.
State Congress leader and former external affairs minister S.M.
Krishna did not attend the rally, leading to speculation that he
was not happy with the first list of 177 candidates the party has
released.
The second list for the remaining 47 seats is expected Monday,
according to Congress sources.
Central ministers Mallikharjun Kharge and M. Veerappa Moily,
besides state Congress chief G. Parameshwara and other leaders who
addressed the rally said that the people were tired of the BJP's
corruption-marred rule and should bring the Congress back to
power.
The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), the third major party in the state,
and Yeddyurappa's KJP released their manifestos here Saturday
promising to waive farmers' loans if voted to power.
The JD-S pledged to introduce a pension scheme for farmers,
agricultural labourers, fishermen, weavers and rural artisans.
The KJP promised a monthly pension of Rs.500 for farmers over 65
years of age and Rs.2,000 crore for the welfare of the Muslim
community and Rs.250 crore Christians.
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