Bengaluru:–Karnataka Congress Leaders intensified its ‘PayCM’ campaign against Karnataka BJP government and its Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Congress functionaries including opposition leader s Siddaramaiah and BK Hariprasad and state president D K Shivakumar and AICC general Secretary Randeep singh Surjewala along with Legislators and workers posted the posters on compound walls at racecourse road and other places in bengaluru. However, police quickly ripped off posters and took some of functionaries and workers into preventive custody and later let off after some hours.
Poster contains CM Basavaraj Bommai face along with QR code by the word ‘PayCM’ written on them -a campaign launched by the congress party against the BJP government in Karnataka.
The PayCM QR code bearing the photograph of the chief minister gets directed to website-‘40% Sarkara’-accusing the bommai-led bjp government was charging 40 percent commission on public works .The website was lunched by Congress few days ago. Posters were also seen on several Vehicles, especially autorickshaws but thease did not have the image of the CM Bommai or the ‘PayCM’ caption although it had the QR code along with slogans like ‘raise voice against corruption’ along with the phone number to record complaint against the government.
Responding to the allegation CM Bommai lashed at the congress party, calling the entire campaign stunt a “politically motivated evil design” refuting the currption allegations by congress leaders bommai said that none of their claims are true.
However, Opposition leaders Siddaramiah told reporters that the campaign will continue and party workers at district level pasting posters to intensify the campaign.
Congress in its social media ran a ‘PayCM’ campaign. Highlighting various alleged irregularities under the present Bommai dispensation , Like recent PSI recruitment scam.