Mysuru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah Sunday heavily criticised main opposition gain collectively BJP, saying abusive remarks by former ministers B Sreeramulu and G Janardhana Reddy in opposition to Congress functionaries “reflected BJP’s political culture”.
BJP functionaries had purportedly made the remarks for the length of a allege in Ballari. Recalling an incident for the length of Lok Sabha elections, Siddaramaiah said he used to be prevented from campaigning in Ballari. “I was accompanied by former Union minister CM Ibrahim. We eventually campaigned near a Kuruba temple. At that time, I was the leader of the opposition,” Siddaramaiah said, along with that this by myself proved BJP’s “lack of faith in democracy” and its “inclination towards authoritarianism”.
Responding to BJP’s demand agitations over contemporary violence in Ballari, Siddaramaiah said protests whereas within the opposition had been the gain collectively’s internal topic, and the govtwould reply accurately. He lambasted Reddy, mentioning that he used to be as soon as barred from entering Ballari district and that Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde had referred to Ballari as the “Republic of Ballari” in his file on illegal mining.
He said BJP had no faith within the parliamentary device and Congress did no longer need classes from other folks that resorted to “hooliganism”. Rejecting BJP’s allegation that Congress used to be turning Karnataka into a “Republic of Congress”, he said his gain collectively stood for democracy, the Structure and its beliefs, and wondered the political motives tiring BJP’s agitations. He said that after BJP used to be on the helm, it did no longer quit even a single case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
“They have no moral right to question us. Our govt has handed over 7-8 cases to CBI,” he said. On criticism over convening a legislature session to discuss scrapping of MNREGA, he said the Structure mandated a joint session on the legislature’s first meeting in a calendar year. He said the particular session used to be known as to oppose makes an try to dilute key UPA-generation welfare legislation similar to MGNREGA, the Factual to Training, the Factual to Files and the Food Security Act.
