Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar, former Chief Minister, BS Yediyurappa, HD Kumaraswamy and Basavaraj Bommai throughout all get together assembly at Vidhana Soudha.
| Picture Credit score: SUDHAKARA JAIN
The bitter animosity between Deputy Chief Minister D.Okay. Shivakumar and Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Metal H.D. Kumaraswamy continued on Monday with each buying and selling accusations at one another.
The sharp assaults has solely elevated after the graduation of the BJP-JD(S) padayatra and the Congress’s response to it by way of Janandolana conventions.
Mr. Kumaraswamy, who on Sunday accused Mr. Shivakumar of grabbing 68 acres from Dalits, continued his tirade accusing him of grabbing plots in Sadashivanagar from 5 widows at gunpoint. “Full amount was not given after entering into a sale agreement with the five widows. Congress leader Allam Veerabhadrapppa paid advance for one site, but did not make full payment. Mr. Shivakumar intervened and got a sale agreement signed after threatening them,” he stated at Channapatna on the third day of the padayatra from Bengaluru to Mysuru.
In response, Mr. Shivakumar, addressing the Janandolana programme at Maddur, stated he was not frightened of threats and padayatras. He urged Mr. Kumaraswamy to disclose particulars concerning the ill-gotten wealth. “You (Mr. Kumaraswamy) have become Union Minister by blackmailing the BJP though your party won just two seats. You have said you would dethrone the Congress government in Karnataka in 10 months. Even the British could not bring down the Congress party.”
He additionally stated: “Chief Minister Siddaramaiah could not be touched. He is a backward classes leader who has become Chief Minister for the second time and the BJP is unable to digest it.”
