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Attacking Congress ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the former has become a slave of appeasement and vote-bank politics.
Bommai govt's move hiking SCs/STs quotas is aimed at consolidating BJP's support base, but in a region like Chitradurga the party is grappling with rebels and triangular contests.
He said that the Centre is striving hard to boost development in Karnataka in railways, health, education, ports, airports, road infrastructure and social welfare.
In his first reaction to former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar quitting the BJP and joining the Congress after being denied a ticket for the May 10 Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that Shettar's exit will not cause any loss to the party.