Cong gave birth to corruption: CM Bommai

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the whole country knows that it was the Congress that gave birth to corruption and illegality. Reacting to the police complaint filed by Congress leaders against BJP leaders accusing them of indulging in illegal practices to woo the voters, he said it reflected the level they have stooped to.
“The Congress has promised to give Rs 2,000 for every woman and 200 units of power free for every family. Everyday they are announcing new promises. If the same yardstick is applied, are the Congress leaders not guilty? Are they not making new promises to woo the voters?” he questioned. The CM said the distribution of the pressure cookers to the voters with the pictures of four to five MLAs have been found with evidence. “The Commercial Tax officials have caught and fined four persons in Kunigal. In spite of all these, the Congress leaders are trying to create confusion among the people,” he said. The Congress leaders are sure of losing the election because of which they are filing such complaints, CM added. “There is police and law and let there be inquiry. We can also file hundreds such complaints against them but ultimately it is the people who will decide. People also know them well and will make a decision. We need not learn from them. They are free to do whatever they want,” he said.
On AICC General Secretary and Karnataka incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala’s allegations pertaining to PSI examination scam, Bommai said it is an old issue.
An enquiry was going on into all those who were selected as teachers without writing the examination during Congress rule, CM said. “They owe an answer to it. If the jobs were sold it was during the Congress rule. The inquiry will reveal everything,” he said. In Kalburagi, a police constable was made DIG and an FIR was filed after his retirement, Bommai said. “This is Congress policy.
Its business was to sell jobs while in power and leave the accused in the lurch when they were arrested. Knowing this, the people had sent Congress party home and they will do it this time too,” he said.