Bengaluru, March 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday kicked off the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s campaign for Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka with a scathing attack on the ruling Congress, accusing the Siddaramaiah-led government of indulging in loot and corruption while the law and order situation deteriorated.

Addressing a mega rally from Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge's home turf Kalaburagi, the PM pledged to win more than 400 seats in the upcoming general elections.

"The crowd in Kalaburagi and its enthusiasm shows that Karnataka has resolved to ensure that the BJP wins a record number of seats in the Lok Sabha elections... Today the whole of Karnataka is saying that this time we will cross 400," he said.

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