Row Over Siddaramaiah’s ‘Corrupt Lingayat Chief Minister’ Jab At B Bommai
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Siddaramaiah later clarified that his remark was aimed particularly on the Chief Minister.
Bengaluru:
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has acquired himself into scorching water for his jibe on the BJP’s Lingayat push for the upcoming Meeting elections within the state. When requested concerning the BJP’s stance {that a} Lingayat needs to be the subsequent Chief Minister, the Congress veteran mentioned, “There’s already a Lingayat Chief Minister (Basavaraj Bommai). He is the basis of all of the corruption within the state”.
The BJP was fast to launch a scathing assault towards Siddaramaiah, saying he had insulted your entire Lingayat neighborhood.
Mr Bommai accused him of ridiculing your entire Lingayat neighborhood, although Siddaramaiah later clarified that his remark was aimed particularly on the Chief Minister.
“It isn’t proper for a former Chief Minister to make an announcement like this. He has acknowledged that your entire Lingayat neighborhood is corrupt. The Brahmin neighborhood had been ridiculed prior to now. Earlier, he had tried to interrupt the Lingayat-Veerashaiva neighborhood when he was the Chief Minister. The individuals of the state will educate Siddaramaiah a lesson,” Mr Bommai mentioned.
Siddaramaiah mentioned there have been a number of trustworthy Lingayat Chief Ministers who he respects, and the BJP has “twisted and misinterpreted” his comment.
“My feedback referred solely to Bommai. I solely mentioned Basavaraj Bommai alone is corrupt. I didn’t say Lingayats are corrupt. Due to this fact, making such a sweeping report is inappropriate. There have been very trustworthy Lingayat chief ministers. There was S Nijalingappa, Virendra Patil and others for whom I’ve plenty of respect as they have been very trustworthy chief ministers. My feedback have been twisted and misinterpreted by the BJP,” he mentioned.
Earlier, former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who just lately joined Congress after quitting the BJP as he was denied a ticket, had mentioned that many Lingayat leaders have left the BJP. A Lingayat chief himself, Mr Shettar mentioned the BJP’s Lingayat pitch wouldn’t work of their favour and other people is not going to imagine their assertion.
“Why have they began it now? Why did they not accomplish that earlier? BJP is doing it just for election functions, individuals is not going to imagine of their marketing campaign even when they declare a Lingayat CM,” Mr Shettar mentioned on Saturday.
Siddaramaiah had on Wednesday filed his nomination from the Varuna constituency for the Might 10 Karnataka Meeting polls, and reiterated that this could be his final election and nearly laid out a “succession plan” of kinds.
The 75-year-old Chief of the Opposition indicated his son and grandson to be his political successors. “That is my final election, after that, there may be Yathindra (son), Dhawan Rakesh (grandson)…”, he mentioned.
Siddaramaiah’s youthful son Dr Yathindra Siddaramaiah is the sitting Congress MLA from Varuna.
The final day for submitting of nominations is April 20. Voting will happen on Might 10 and the counting of votes will probably be on Might 13.
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