Karnataka Cong launches 'SayCM.com' campaign over unfulfilled BJP poll promises
Bengaluru (PTI): The Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday announced the launch of "SayCM.com" campaign, with ' SayCM QR code', targeting Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and the BJP government over alleged unfulfilled promises made by the governing party in its 2018 poll manifesto.
The Congress, seeking to wrest power from the BJP in Assembly polls just a few months away, alleged that for 90 percent of the 600 promises remain unfulfilled.
The website, which also contains the official campaign song of the Congress' Nim Hatra Idya Uttara?' (Do you have an answer?) campaign lists all the questions that the party has asked the ruling BJP so far, the KPCC said in a release.
"The BJP, which has not answered any of the 50 questions till now, has accepted guilt through their silence," it said.
The "SayCM" campaign follows the Congress' recent "PayCM" campaign targeting Bommai and his government over graft allegations.
Karnataka Congress' Communications division head Priyank Kharge had warned the ruling BJP, stating that "If PayCM is the only thing that makes you speak up, we will launch SayCM to make you answer for your failures."
The "SayCM" QR code that has been launched looks similar to "PayCM" but, will take the user to 'SayCm.com'.
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Social media campaigns, flexboards won't decide who will be Kerala CM: Chennithala
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, a CM hopeful, on Wednesday said that social media campaigns and putting up of flexboards wiill not be the deciding factors for selecting the chief minister of Kerala.
Chennithala made the remark in response to reporters queries in Delhi on the intense social media campaign in favour of V D Satheesan as CM on the ground that he led the UDF poll campaign from the front.
"Who should be CM is not decided based on social media campaigns or the flexboards put up by the supporters. It is decided by the high command in accordance with the procedure already in place.
"As part of that two party observers will reach Kerala by evening and they will speak to all the MLAs. After that, the party high command will take a decision," the senior Congress leader said.
He said that the high command will take the decision based on party interests and everyone will accept it.
Chennithala also rejected queries about whether the alleged contest within the party for the CM post will create any displeasure among the voters.
"There will be no displeasure among voters as there is no contest," he contended.
On whether there was a delay in announcing the CM for Kerala, Chennithala said that the chief minister has not been selected in the other state where polls were held.
"So, can it be said that there is a delay in the case of Kerala?" he asked.
He said that he was in Delhi for a meeting with Rahul Gandhi regarding finalisation of the DCC presidents in Maharashtra.
