Mangaluru, (The Hindu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress government of failing to prevent the murders of “innocent BJP activists”. Addressing an election rally of the BJP here, Mr. Modi said it was difficult to believe that the Congress government was looking at the religion of the accused to decide whether he/she should be in the prison or not.

He alleged that nearly 24 BJP party workers had been murdered in the State during the Congress rule as they followed a different ideology.

Mr. Modi said because of family politics of the Congress the State was being ruled by mafias.

Apart from education and liquor mafia, the mafia of cable, transfer and sand were getting stronger.

“It has come to a situation where it has become difficult for a common man to get sand necessary for construction of the house. He has to slog for days and forced to purchase sand at a higher rate from sand mafia operators,” he said and added that the people would vote out the Congress for its five year’s of misrule. Assuring people that the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led BJP government would work for the all-round development of the State, Mr. Modi said the Centre too was coming out with projects that will transform the Karnataka coastline.