Modi calls Kumaraswamy a clerk, CM dismisses it as a blatant lie

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January 13, 2019

Bengaluru, Jan 13: Calling it a “blatant lie”, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday refuted the allegation levelled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said the KarnatakaCM worked like a clerk in the JD(S)-Congress coalition government.

“I am amused to see Modi reacting to a statement which I never made. After the farmer loan waiver scheme, this is the second time that he’s reacting to false information/statement. Such statements won’t deter our coalition government from the development agenda,’’ tweeted Kumaraswamy soon after Modi took a jibe at his government while addressing the BJP’s national executive meet in New Delhi.

Warning the nation against a possible mahagathbandhan rule post the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Modi said the proposed coalition would be an epitome of misgovernance and cited the example of Karnataka. “Only a few months into power, Kumaraswamy is already burdened by the Congress and has been reduced to a clerk,” Modi said, quoting reports in a section of media, which had claimed that Kumaraswamy got emotional while addressing the JD(S) Legislature Party meeting and said he was working like a clerk.

In Hubballi, coordination committee chairman and former CM Siddaramaiah said Modi is trying to create differences between the Congress and JD(S). “Whatever Kumaraswamy may have said, it was an internal matter of both the ruling parties. It is none of his (Modi’s) business. He should stop resorting to such cheap tactics and focus on work,” Siddaramaiah added.

Former PM and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda responded diplomatically: “What else can you expect from Modi?”

This is the second time the PM has hurled a barb at the JD(S)-Congress government. Last month, he had attacked the two parties at a rally in Uttar Pradesh, saying they made tall promises to farmers on waiving loans but were offering them “lollipops”. Modi alleged that lakhs of farmers in Karnataka were promised loan waivers but the government gave relief to only about 800, terming the Congress-JD(S) scheme a “cruel joke on farmers”.

Kumarswamy had hit out at Modi, saying his remarks were “factually incorrect” since it was not 800 but about 60,000 farmers who have benefited. He had also said that despite making repeated requests, the Centre did not come to the rescue of farmers and the PM was “demeaning” the state government for political gain.

Box: Tirade against Siddaramaiah in 2018

Ahead of the Karnataka assembly polls in May last year, PM Modi had taken a dig at then chief minister Siddaramaiah using different slogans. “Does Karnataka need a commission sarkar or a mission sarkar,” Modi had asked, launching an attack on Siddaramaiah in his home turf Mysuru. He had also called the Siddaramaiah government a ‘10 per cent commission government’ and ‘seedha rupaiya sarkar’.

Addressing a rally in Bengaluru, the PM had criticized the law and order situation under Siddaramaiah and said: “Our government is making efforts for the ease of doing business and talking about ease of living. But when it comes to the Congress government in Karnataka, there are discussions regarding ease of doing murders.”

Political experts say Modi is targeting the Congress-JD(S) government to shape a new narrative for his 2019 campaign. “Karnataka is a critical state for Modi to retain 270+ and hence, an onslaught against the JD(S)-Congress combine becomes vital. Further, the Karnataka experiment is seen as a model of a national anti-BJP coalition. Thus, picking holes in both its legitimacy and functioning is crucial for the BJP and its leadership,’’ said Sandeep Shastri, a political analyst.

Comments

Mohan
 - 
Sunday, 13 Jan 2019

PM never learn from his failure. He can only spread lies, hatred and self boasting

Sandesh Shetty
 - 
Sunday, 13 Jan 2019

Feku cant do loan waiving. so he just wanted to destroy that and karnataka govt. Feku and his team working hard for that

Unknown
 - 
Sunday, 13 Jan 2019

Wow... PM said first ever truth in his life

Joseph Stalin
 - 
Sunday, 13 Jan 2019

Then we should call feku as hitler

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March 11,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 11: The move by rebel ruling Congress MLAs in Madhya Pradesh to trigger the crisis for the party's government in the state appears to have been in the making for at least close to a month as Karnataka BJP leaders were sounded about hosting them in Bengaluru in advance, sources said.

They also indicated that the 19 rebel MLAs would stay in the city for at least two weeks till an alternative government takes charge in Madhya Pradesh.

A senior Karnataka BJP leader, in charge of the Madhya Pradesh legislators' stay in Bengaluru, received a communication from the party's central leaders about the move nearly 15-20 days ago, the sources involved in the development said on condition of anonymity on Tuesday.

The leader had even gone to New Delhi in the third week of February to meet BJP's central leaders in this regard, they said.

In a massive setback for the Congress, its prominent youth leader Jyotiradtya Scindia quit the party and in a coordinated rebellion on Tuesday 21 MLAs loyal to him resigned in Madhya Pradesh, pushing the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government to the brink of collapse.

As many as 19 Madhya Pradesh MLAs, including six ministers, said to be loyalists of Mr Scindia who appeared set to join BJP, are camping at a resort in Bengaluru. Two of them are women, the sources said.

The MLAs on Tuesday sent their resignation letters via e-mail to Raj Bhavan in Bhopal from Bengaluru.

According to the sources, eight legislators, including an independent, have been staying in the city for about a week now. Of them two - one from Congress and the other an independent MLA - had gone back.

The six were joined by 13 legislators, who landed in the city by a chartered flight on Monday, and all of them are put up in a villa.

The senior Karnataka BJP leader, also an MLA, is looking after their stay and related arrangements on the directions of the party high command, the sources said. Their stay here may be for a couple of weeks.

"There will be a no-confidence motion, and then there will be a trust vote of the new alternative government that will be formed. So they may have to stay here for some time. They may be moved out of their current location," they said.

The Madhya Pradesh legislature session is expected to begin on March 16.

The sources also said the six legislators staying in the city since last week were shifted a couple of times within the city.

Congress in Madhya Pradesh, under the leadership of Kamal Nath, had come to power in December 2018 by ousting the BJP by a narrow margin.

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