Bengaluru: The success and popularity of its ‘PayCM’ campaign has led the Congress to put forth a new demand before the Karnataka chief minister, asking, ‘SayCM’.

The Congress had earlier warned that it would demand answers to questions regarding the promises made and fulfilled by the BJP government.

Now, sharing the new SayCM poster on its Twitter handle, the Congress has said that it had made a demand, ‘BJP, do you have the answers?’ (BJP, Nimma Hattira Ideya Uttara?), followed by 50 questions to the government about the administration.

“We have not received a single reply so far,” the Congress has said on social media.

“The BJP has failed to fulfill 90% of the 613 promises it made in its election manifesto. The chief minister has to reply for such a failure,” the Congress has demanded.

 “For the commission you receive, fulfilling an acceptable fraction of manifesto promises would have been enough. While you receive a commission of 40 per cent, you have left 90 of the promises unfulfilled,” the government has been told.

“The government is blind towards development activities; the ministers turn a deaf ear towards questions. Will they speak about their own promises at least? Will the CM reply?” the Congress has been asking on social media. 

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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.