Summary:
Bengaluru, Apr 1 (PTI) Setting the mood for Assembly elections in Karnataka due next year, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday exhorted party leaders in the State to work together, as he set an ambitious target to win a minimum of 150 seats.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi used to speak about corruption in his election rallies, but the country"s "most corrupt government" is in Karnataka, run by the BJP.
Gandhi said the Congress will win in Karnataka with a huge majority in the 225-member assembly, and will form a government that will work for poor, weaker sections, small traders , small and medium businesses, and take the state on the "right path once again".
"We are faced with an election in Karnataka, and Karnataka has always had the spirit of the Congress party.
This is a natural Congress state," Gandhi said.
Addressing Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee"s extended executive meeting here, he said, "We should be very clear in our mind that we are going to get not less than 150 seats.