PM Modi claims Congress collected Rs 700 cr from Karnataka liquor shops

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leading the BJP-led NDA campaign in Maharashtra, accused the Congress of collecting up to Rs 700 crore from liquor shop owners in Karnataka.

Speaking at an election rally in Akola on Saturday, November 9, he alleged that states under Congress rule, like Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka, serve



as “ATMs” for the Congress “royal family.”

PM Modi further alleged that “People are saying that these days, in the name of elections in Maharashtra, the ‘vasooli’ (recovery) in Karnataka has doubled, elections are in Maharashtra and recovery has doubled in (neighbouring Congress-ruled states of) Karnataka and Telangana,”