Karnataka Elections 2018: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi made tall allegations against PM Modi in a press conference in poll-bound Karnataka's Bengaluru on Thursday.

On the last day of campaigning, both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress are expected to go full throttle with extensive electioneering powered by a war of words.

Without taking name of Rahul Gandhi,, the prime minister alleged  that he was promoted by the party despite doing nothing.

Rahul Gandhi drew a comparison between the Siddaramaiah government and the previous BJP regime (2008-13) in Karnataka, with the help of figures to show that his party’s rule was better on all counts.

The Congress president pointed out that the BJP and RSS were able to function because the Indian youth are angry as the system was unable to give them jobs.

The Congress president on Tuesday indicated a clear possibility of him being the face of Congress party's campaign for 2019 general elections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the party whose flag once fluttered "from Panchayat to Parliament" will become "Punjab, Puducherry, Parivar" Congress after its impending defeat in Karnataka.

The BJP, in its manifesto released for Karnataka elections, made a plethora of promises to reach out to various sections --from farm loan waiver and other sops to farmers, freebies like laptops for students and smartphones for BPL women to a commission for cow protection.

Referring to the acquittal of Swami Aseemanand and four other accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case, Amit Shah recalled how Congress and Rahul Gandhi had repeatedly mentioned “Hindu terror” in in the 2014 elections.

"The BJP Karnataka Manifesto, inspired by Narendra Modi, is a poorly crafted fantasy built around a weak plot, that has nothing unique to offer voters. If you’ve read the Congress Manifesto, don’t waste your time on this one," Rahul said.

Earlier in the day, the BJP released party's manifesto for the Karnataka Assembly polls and promised allocation of Rs 1.5 lakh crore for irrigation projects and waiver of farm loan up to Rs 1 lakh borrowed from nationalised and cooperative banks.

Rahul asked the JD(S) of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda to explain to the masses whether it was with the BJP or fighting the Karnataka elections independently.

The court heard arguments on Gandhi's application, seeking a detailed recording of evidence instead of a 'summary trial', and adjourned the matter till June 12.

Addressing the first of his three rallies scheduled for Thursday in Kalaburagi, PM Modi attacked the Congress for raising questions over the surgical strikes conducted by Indian troops across the Line of Control (LoC) on the Pakistan terror camps in September 2016.

The Congress chief said that the farmers did not receive the additional 50 per cent on their Minimum Support Price (MSP) that they have been demanding.

Resuming his "Jana Aashirwada Yatre", the Congress chief is expected to cover Bidar, Kalburgi (Gulbarga), Gadag and Haveri districts of the southern state during the eighth leg of his campaign.

Stakes are high for the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress as Karnataka is one of the few states where the party is in power. Also, Siddaramaiah is the first chief minister in the state to complete a five-year tenure.

During the course of his three rallies in Karnataka's Chamarajanagara, Udupi and Belagavi, the prime minister tore through Rahul Gandhi, inciting a sharp response from Congress.

The prime minister unleashed an all out attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi and dared him "to speak in any language" for 15 minutes about the achievements of Karnataka's Siddaramaiah government without referring to a piece of paper.

In an apparent attempt to establish a connect with the people of Karnataka, PM Modi slammed Rahul Gandhi for showing disrespect to former PM and JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda.