Congress can only give guarantee of loot: Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday claimed the Congress can only give a guarantee of loot as he accused the party of turning Karnataka into an ATM for collecting money through corruption to fund its poll campaignNadda cited the reported recovery of over Rs 100 crore from some contractors in raids by probe agencies in Karnataka saying it is shameful and an abhorrent joke with votersIt is merely a sample of the Congress corrupt DNA he said on XThe same Congresssupported contractor dished out lies against the BJP during the recent Karnataka polls he said a reference to the charge against then BJP government that contractors were forced to pay hefty commissions under its ruleThe Congress and corruption are two sides of the same coin Congress governments have made Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan ATMs of corruption It wants to make Telangana and Madhya Pradesh similar ATMs to loot peoples money he saidNadda further alleged that the Congress is dreaming of power in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana so that it could loot the money meant for the poors welfare and states developmentThe Congress can only give the guarantee of loot the BJP president saidWith the Congress resorting to offering guarantees of specific welfare measures a plank it successfully used in Karnataka Nadda took a swipe saying the party has mastered the art of making promises and has gone a step further by giving guarantees instead of promisesCorruption has grown exponentially in Karnataka after the Congress came to power there the BJP chief claimed adding it is clear that the Congress guarantee is always of corruptionIncome Tax officials have recovered a large amount of cash during raids on several people including a contractor his son a gymnasium instructor and an architect in KarnatakaThe BJP and the Congress are engaged in a keen contest in the current round of state assembly polls with the two parties involved in a direct contest in Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and vying for power along with the ruling BRS in TelanganaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever