Will return as chief minister again, asserts Bommai

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Bengaluru, Mar 22, 2023: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said he will return to power again after the assembly election, which is due in May.

Addressing a public gathering at Hungund in northern Karnataka’s Bagalkote district on Tuesday night, the chief minister said he has performed sincerely to offer social justice to every section of society, which resulted in an increase in the annual per capita income by Rs 1 lakh in the last four years.

"I will come back as chief minister again. God has given me an opportunity to serve Mother Karnataka. I have done sincere work," Bommai said during an election rally.

The chief minister said he is treading on the path of "work is worship" and social equality, as advocated by 12th Century social reformer and founder of the Lingayat sect Basaveshwara.

"I tried to give social justice to every section of society. People have asked for coorporations of various communities for their overall development. We are treading on the path shown by Basaveshwara," Bommai said.

The chief minister, who belongs to the Lingayat community, invoked the name of Basaveshwara, whose followers form a large chunk in Karnataka, especially in the northern part of the state.

Bommai said the key parameter of growth in Karnataka was the per capita income in the state, which has grown substantially.

"Before our government came to power, the per capita income in Karnataka was Rs 2.42 lakh per annum, which has now increased to Rs 3.47 lakh, which is more than a lakh. This is despite the COVID situation. This shows we carried out development in the middle of Covid pandemic," the chief minister said.

He claimed that due to the initiatives of the state government in the last four years since the BJP came to power, Karnataka became the number one destination in investment and innovation.

According to Bommai, the state got an investment of Rs 12 lakh crore during the Global Investor’s Meet, which was organised last year.

He appealed to the people to choose BJP if they wish to see the state marching on the development path.

CONGRESS SNIPES AT BOMMAI

Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad has taken a dig at Bommai over the latter’s aspiration of returning to power in the state. Slamming the Karnataka CM, Arshad said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah don’t even talk about Bommai.

"The home minister and the prime minister don’t even mention him," Rizwan Arshad said.

"Even Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani (Minister of Large and Medium Industries of Karnataka) aspires to become the chief minister," Rizwan Arshad said.

Further, the Congress MLA said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ashamed to name anybody for the chief minister’s post, because of the work they have done in Karnataka.

Courtesy: India Today