New Delhi: While defending his party’s decision to form a government in the state of Karnataka, BJP President Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on Congress-JD-S combine for the “unholy” alliance to rule the state despite being rejected by the people.
“We were invited to form the government. There was nothing unethical,” Shah told reporters here.
“The BJP emerged as the single-largest party in Karnataka. The mandate was in favour of the BJP. The Congress and the JD-S formed an alliance against the people’s mandate. This is what I call an unholy alliance.”
He said if the Congress and the JD-S had not “locked” their MLAs in five-star hotels and allowed them to interact with people, the people would have compelled the JD-S to supported the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in government formation.
Shah said the BJP was invited to form the governments in Goa and Manipur earlier because the Congress did not stake claim despite emerging as the single-largest party as their leaders were “resting and sleeping”.
The BJP chief said as the single-largest party, it was the BJP’s right to stake claim.
Responding to charges of attempts at horse trading by the BJP, Shah hit back, saying it was the other way round as the Congress purchased the entire stable to form the state government.
Hitting out at the Congress for “preaching on democracy”, Shah reminded it of several instances including the government it formed in Goa in 1980 despite failing to win a single seat in the Assembly elections.