Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)
Puttur, Apr 9: "I have some words of advice for BJP state president and MP D V Sadanand Gowda. Age-wise, I am much elder to him. I do not nurse any enmity towards him. I will pass on my advice, which will be out of concern and affection, to him through a press conference to be convened in Mangalore later," said Congress Party Lok Sabha candidate from Dakshina Kannada constituency, Janardhan Poojary.
He was addressing a meeting of the local assembly constituency-level Congress workers, held here on Wednesday April 8.
Poojary advised the BJP to apply brakes on its scandalous campaign against the Congress based on falsehood and asked it to get involved with honest politics. He also demanded for the release of a white paper on the development works executed by the BJP government. He reiterated that the Congress Party has always stood for peace, co-existence and peace and never tried to incite one group against the other. Humanity and mutual trust have been the hallmarks of Indian culture, he added, denouncing the rude threats emanating from some quarters, to chop of hands, neck etc.
He lambasted the BJP for seeking to follow the politics of convenience with dubious means, in the name of religion and for spreading malicious propaganda that he had violated the code of conduct by seeking votes in temple. The Congress Party that has been adhering to norms and code of conduct, does not need to learn anything from the BJP, he retorted. He also called upon the people to defeat the BJP that seeks to divide the society on issues like Hindutva and religion.
Senior leader B Sankappa Rai presided. District Women's Congress wing president Mamata Gatti and M S Mohammed too addressed the workers. District Congress president B Ramanath Rai, Bondala Jagannath Shetty, Nityanand Mundody, Kallige Taranath Shetty, Shahul Hameed etc., were present. Several JD(S) and BSP workers joined the Congress Party at the programme.
Block Congress president A Hemnath Shetty welcomed. Nooruddin Salmara presented the programme.