Former PM HD Deve Gowda criticized Congress party's manifesto, particularly Rahul Gandhi's wealth redistribution and job creation promises.

Former PM HD Deve Gowda criticized Congress party's manifesto, including Rahul Gandhi's wealth redistribution promise, calling it a plan to "turn the country upside down." Gowda questioned the practicality of Gandhi's pledge to create 30 lakh vacant jobs in the central government and accused Gandhi of indirectly suggesting that economic reforms of previous Congress leaders were wrong.