Congress Ballari City MLA Nara Bharath Reddy asserted that the credit for industrializing Ballari district should go to the Congress party. He highlighted the establishment of the Jindal Steel Plant and the Ballari Thermal Power Station (BTPS) as significant contributions made by the Congress. Reddy criticized the BJP’s lack of contribution to the district’s development despite representing Ballari in the Lok Sabha four times.
He emphasized the importance of guarantee schemes implemented by the Congress government for the welfare of the poor, stating that insulting these schemes is equivalent to insulting the majority of the people. Reddy urged the electorate to reject the BJP and vote for the Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, citing the Congress as a pro-poor party.