He asserted that the BJP government ensured the state-run unit emerged as the country’s biggest helicopter manufacturing unit.
India
pti-PTI
Union
Minister
Anurag
Thakur
on
Sunday
alleged
that
the
Congress
and
JD(U)
used
Karnataka
as
an
ATM
to
fund
their
leaders.
Thakur,
on
the
campaign
trail
in
the
state
where
the
Assembly
election
is
slated
to
be
held
in
a
couple
of
months,
accused
Congress
leader
Rahul
Gandhi
of
“spreading
lies”
about
the
“closure”
of
Hindustan
Aeronautics
Limited
(HAL).
Thakur
He
asserted
that
the
BJP
government
ensured
the
state-run
unit
emerged
as
the
country’s
biggest
helicopter
manufacturing
unit.
The
BJP
leader
undertook
a
roadshow
in
Kolar
and
addressed
a
meeting
of
the
party’s
SC
and
ST
Morchas
in
Bengaluru.
“When
there
was
a
Congress
government
in
Karnataka,
Rahul
Gandhi
and
Sonia
Gandhi
used
the
state
as
an
ATM.
The
money
went
from
here.
Under
the
JD(S)-led
government,
the
state
had
become
an
ATM
for
one
family,”
Thakur
alleged.
He
also
accused
Rahul
Gandhi
of
“maligning”
India
on
foreign
soil.
“These
are
the
same
people
because
of
whom
a
part
of
Kashmir
is
occupied
by
Pakistan,”
Thakur
said.
He
said
Karnataka
had
benefited
from
the
“double-engine”
government
as
Prime
Minster
Narendra
Modi
ensured
that
Karnataka
received
funds
for
development
works.
“Modi
sent
money
to
Karnataka
and
not
the
other
way
round.”
Thakur
claimed
that
under
Congress
rule,
Rs
6,000
crore
was
spent
for
building
roads
and
highways
in
Karnataka,
but
under
Modi’s
leadership,
Rs
50,000
crore
was
spent
for
the
purpose
in
five
years.
