The war between Mahayuti and MVA over ‘unfulfilled’ pre-poll guarantees has intensified with senior BJP leaders from Telangana, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka claiming that they had evidence to prove how the people of three states were “cheated” by the Congress governments. BJP had invited Union Minister G Kishan Reddy (Telangana), Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje (Karnataka), and former Union Minister Anurag Thakur (HP) to share to counter the Congress CMs and DyCMs who had said that the BJP’s allegations were baseless.

Shobha Karandlaje said the Congress’ five guarantees had led the state of Telangana to bankruptcy. “Earlier the Karnataka government had a debt of R46,000 crore. During the tenure of the Congress government, it has reached Rs 82,000 crore,” she said, alleging that the promises like free bus travel, free rice, and free electricity, Grihalakshmi schemes had turned out to be just empty declarations.