Rahul no match for Narendra Modi, BJP will come back to power: Yediyurappa

Karnataka BJP strongman B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is no match for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asserted that his party would come back to power with absolute majority.

The four-time Chief Minister also sought to reach out to Muslims saying the BJP government has not done "injustice" to the minority community.

He was referring to the recent decision of the state government to scrap four per cent reservation for Muslims under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category and placing them under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) pool.

Yediyurappa said the Congress is "day-dreaming" of coming to power and claimed that the M Mallikarjuna Kharge-led party would not cross the 65-70 seats mark.

Elections to the 224-member Assembly would be held on May 10.

"BJP will come back to power with absolute majority under the dynamic leadership of Narendra Modiji", Yediyurappa said at a press conference at the state BJP office.

"I wish to ask Congress party