Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)

Mangaluru, Mar 14: Senior Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary on Tuesday, March 14, slammed the BJP for their claims of gaining more seats than any other party in the history of Indian politics.

Addressing mediapersons he said, "After the recently concluded elections, BJP are saying that they gave gained more seats than any other party ever. For their information, in the year 1985, Congress party led by former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had won 411 seats all over the country as against 282 seats won by Narendra Modi. But Congress never projected it as an achievement. What has happened in Goa and Manipur is unconstitutional. The normal practice should have been followed and the leader of single largest party should have been called to form a government and prove its majority on the floor of the house,"

He also said, "I had confidence in Modi that he would give good administration, but has terribly failed in his approach. He lost an opportunity to be called as the best prime minister of India till date. We have reached a situation where people have lost faith in the government. They are also fed up of politics. Modi is known for his fierce speeches and he has the knack to bring people under his control. But Modi will not able to win the forthcoming general elections,"

When asked about Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-elections Poojary said, "Modi's speech will not make any impact in the by-elections as Siddaramaiah is enough to make Congress lose there,"

When asked about S M Krishna joining BJP, Poojary said, "S M Krishna was a very good and experienced leader, but Siddaramaiah sidelined him. It was our duty to respect S M Krishna, but Siddaramaiah did not do it. S M Krishna joined BJP just because of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah".

Karunakar Shetty, Kallige Tharnath Shetty and others were present.