Karnataka Polls: Watch JP Nadda releases party's manifesto

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) chief JP Nadda on May 1 released the party’s manifesto in Bengaluru, just 9 days ahead of the Karnataka polls. Nadda unveiled the manifesto in the presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, veteran leader BS Yediyurappa and other party leaders.

In its manifesto for the 2018 Assembly polls, the BJP claimed to have touched every section of society. The party had also included cow protection measures in its manifesto.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hit the ground running in the last legs of the BJP's campaign for the Karnataka polls. He has already conducted a raft of rallies and held roadshows, the latest of which was in Mysuru, a traditional JDS bastion, on Sunday.

The polls are expected to pit the BJP, Congress and the JDS in a three-cornered contest. The Congress, which fought the last Assembly polls in alliance with the JDS, decided to go it alone this time around.

On Sunday, PM Modi, while addressing an election rally in Kolar, came down heavily on Congress national president Mallikarjuna Kharge over his "poisonous snake" barb at him.PM Modi said the people of Karnataka will give the party a "befitting reply" to Kharge's remark in the Assembly elections.

At a campaign rally in Kalaburagi on Thursday, the Congress national president said, "PM Modi is like a 'poisonous snake', you might wonder if it's poison or not. But if you lick it, you are dead.

"Hitting back over the remark, PM Modi said, "The Congress is clearly disturbed over my ongoing fight against corruption. It has even started threatening me. They are saying 'Modi teri kabar khudegi' (PM Modi, your grave will be dug). It seems the Congress's only talking point in these elections is snake poison. They are comparing me to a snake and seeking votes on it. The people of Karnataka are like Lord Shiva to me. I don't mind being the snake around the necks of people who are like god to me. The people of Karnataka will give them a befitting reply on May 10."     

PM Modi also labelled the Congress as an "outdated engine".

The counting of votes for the Karnataka Assembly will be held on May 13.

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