Author: Press Trust of India
Publication: The Hindustan Times
Date: October 12, 2010
URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com/Modi-blasts-Congress-after-civic-poll-win/Article1-612064.aspx
With BJP sweeping the polls to six municipal
corporations in Gujarat and crisis in saffron party-ruled Karnataka persisting,
Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday warned Congress-led UPA that blatant
"misuse" of constitutional offices would backfire. "The Congress
has been blatantly misusing the constitutional offices. Their policy will
backfire. People will also give them a befitting reply, as they have done
here (in civic polls)," he said addressing a victory rally in Ahmedabad.
Modi's statement comes hours after the saffron
outfit routed the Congress in the polls to six municipal bodies held in the
backdrop of the arrest of his close aide Amit Shah by CBI in the Sohrabuddin
Sheikh fake encounter case.
"The example of blatant misuse of Governor's
office comes from Karnataka. About 15 to 20 years back, Raj Bhavans used to
function like Congress houses. They (Congress) have brought back the same
situation," the BJP leader maintained.
"The Congress has become desperate to
destabilise the governments of Opposition parties, and that is the reason
B S Yeddyurappa (Karnataka Chief Minister) is being targeted."
"They tried it here also in the form
of CBI. I had told them during the campaigning that by using CBI you can get
people arrested, but you cannot win elections," Modi said.
"Delhi sultanate, in its arrogance, has
been asking questions like who is Modi?, who are the people of Gujarat who
are not electing them for the last so many years? So use CBI against them,"
the Chief Minister said.
