Mangalore: Ananth Kumar demands Public Apology from Ramanath Rai for Comments on Nalin

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Mangalore, Apr 2, 2014 : ‘Ramanath Rai should stand in Hampanakatta, landmark in the city and apologize in front of the media and the people for leveling false allegations against BJP LS candidate of Dakshina Kannada Nalin Kumar Kateel,’ said BJP national general secretary Ananth Kumar.
 
 
Ananth was referring to the ’challenge’ posed by district in-charge minister Ramanath Rai that if BJP produces any proof of Nalin Kumar Kateel speaking in the parliament, he would resign. BJP in response convened a media conference and showed video footage of Nalin Kumar raising questions in the parliament during his tenure as MP.
 
 
Addressing to media persons at BJP office here, Ananth Kumar said, ‘Nalin Kumar Kateel has raised his voice in the Lok Sabha for the people of Dakshina Kannada district.’

 

 

Showering praises on BJP candidate, Anant said, ‘Nalin Kumar is the right candidate for LS polls. Ramanath Rai should fix a date to retire so that we can give him a grand farewell,’ said Ananth.
 
 
Stating that the Congress veteran leaders were scared of BJP PM  Narendra Modi, Ananth said, ‘Modi wave is there in every corner of India. Our Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other Congress leaders are chanting Modi’s name saying that Modi wave does not exist. They are scared of Modi wave. Almost one year is up after Congress came to power in Karnataka. Siddaramaiah’s one year honeymoon period is over and he should start doing some good work for the benefit of the people,’ said Ananth.
 
 
Ananth further said, ‘On September 13 2013 we announced Narendra Modi as the PM candidate and so far, we have had 296 rallies across India. We have received huge response from all over the country. Rahul Gandhi is a total failure. He is not a leader. For Rahul Gandhi’s rallies there have been hardly any crowds at all as none wants to hear him. Congress is lacking in leadership,’ said Ananth.
 
 
Taking a dig at PM Dr Manmohan Singh, Ananth Kumar said that Dr Singh has been a ’night watchman’ for Congress for the last 10 years and Congress is facing a huge crisis in selecting the right candidate for the Prime Minister’s post.
 
‘Its during 1977, the ruling Congress lost control of India for the first time, and this time too it will lose. The union finance minister P Chidambaram, defence minister A K Antony and many others are not ready to face the elections. They are saying that they will serve in the Congress party. All the Congress leaders are busy accusing Modi. Congress is good only for accusing others,’ Ananth lashed out.
 
 
Ananth urged the gathering to support Narendra Modi and blamed Congress for crisis in 3 major sectors - economy, security and governance.
 
 
Regarding the Aadhaar card issue, Ananth said that Congress party had spent a lot of money on this project without the approval of the Parliament.
 
When a reporter asked Ananth Kumar to speak about his own work, he said, "I have done a lot of good work in the last 18 years. Everybody knows the works I have done, which include the Bangalore International Airport, the Metro project and many more works,’ said Ananth.
 
 
When asked if Rama Sene chief and now BJP’s adversary Pramod Muthalik was disrupting the Modi wave, he declined to comment.
 
 
When a reporter asked if Ramanath Rai would be welcomed if he were to quit Congress and join BJP, Ananth Kumar said, ‘Let him first apologize publicly at Hampankatta,’ said Anant.
 
 
Pratap Simha Nayak, Yogish Bhat, Jayaram Shetty, Monappa Bhandary and others were present.
 
 
Police, election officials visit
 
Prior to the press meet, district BJP invited the media persons for lunch and after the press meet, police visited the spot along with the election officials and took photos and videos of the utensils which were left behind in the BJP office.