Addressing reporters, Ali came down heavily on the Governor and his advisors for taking the decision to hand over land to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises, and charged the Governor with acting at the behest of the Congress and its leaders.
He said the decision to hand over the land to NICE was against the interests of the State and its people, besides violating the model code for elections.
“The Government, instead of taking a unilateral decision favouring NICE, could have waited until installation of a opular Government for which the poll process is already on,” he stated.
Charging NICE Company’s Managing Director Ashok Kheny of carrying out a malicious campaign against the JD(S) in the run up to the polls, he alleged that he was indirectly helping both the Congress and BJP candidates in the elections, adding that future Governments formed by either party will come under the ‘diktat of Kheny.’
He expressed hope that the people of the State will vote the JD(S) back to power. The State can prosper only under former CM Kumaraswamy, he claimed.