Speaking to reporters, he claimed that the voters of Karnataka are ready to reject the politics of betrayal and gross opportunism practiced by the Congress and its fraternity of so called secular parties.

Criticising the Central Government loan waiver, he said that amount of waiver is only Rs 23,000 crore and not Rs 60,000 crore as claimed by the Finance Minister P Chidambaram. “The Finance Minister should inform the country where he got the figure of Rs 60,000 crore," he demanded.

The benefit from the waiver was minimal and that it makes mockery of the claim that it is a farmers budget, he added.

Terrorism

He demanded a comprehensive and integrated action plan against terrorism after taking all major political parties into confidence and blamed the UPA led Congress government for its soft attitude towards terrorism.

Reacting to US President George Bush's views that the India’s prosperity has triggered increased demand for better nutrition, which in turn leads to higher food prices, he said that the view was totally absurd.

Commenting on leader of opposition L K Advani's statement that the BJP is willing to sit in the opposition if defeated, he said that he was unaware of the context in which Advani made the statement and that the party was confident of a victory.