Mangaluru: Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan called upon the BJP workers to organise the party to ensure Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s followers win the election in Karnataka.

Speaking at a meeting of Shakthi Kendra presidents and office-bearers of Mangaluru South unit of the BJP on Sunday, he said, “The government that is dividing the society is ruling Karnataka. The Congress-led government is engaged in atrocity on people. It believes in injustice and divide and rule and has no agenda of development. The BJP workers should work unitedly to bring down such an anti-people group governing the state.”

Further, he said, “The Assembly election will be announced at any time. The elections are likely to be held in April-May. I have toured different parts of Dakshina Kannada and convened meetings. There is a change wave in Karnataka. The party workers should work hard to get the expected results in the upcoming elections.”

Earlier, at a press meet, he made a scathing attack on the Congress-led state government on corruption and bad governance, saying, “The Congress government is mired in corruption.

The law and order has deteriorated in the state. There is an increase in violence. The people of the state are craving for a change to bring down the Congress-led government that does not have any development agenda.”

He said, “The BJP has been strengthened at the grass-roots level across the state. The party workers are ready to face the Assembly elections. The booth-level committee members are visiting the voters. The welfare programmes of the Modi-led government and anti-incumbency wave will help the BJP to win the election.”