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
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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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January 4,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 4: Depressed over the communal and racist policies of union government, a 67-year-old retired school headmaster committed suicide allegedly after losing matriculation certificates and documents related to his father.

The victim was identified as Mohammed Ali a resident of Narikunni in Kozhikode district in north Kerala.

On finding Ali missing from home on Friday morning, his family members conducted a search in the nearby areas. His body was later found in a well located in one of his relative’s compound nearby.

A suicide note recovered, suspected to have been written by the victim read, “I have lost all my important certificates. Matriculation certificates of me and my wife. Old documents of my father are also missing. I think all these documents were given away along with the waste recently. None should be held responsible for my foolish act. You may get into trouble.”

According to relatives, Ali was under severe stress after regularly watching programmes related to CAA. He was also actively involved in anti CAA campaign.

“He was worried about the documents and had serious apprehensions about future,” said his younger brother Abdul Nasser.

“After attending an anti CAA meeting in Kozhikode he had shared his apprehensions. He used to frequently discuss the topic with others ,” recollected Jaffer a local resident.

Ali also had health complications. Meanwhile, the local police said that preliminary investigations suggested that the man could have taken the extreme step after losing documents. However, the reason behind the suicide could be said conclusively after detailed probe.

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April 27,2020

Bantwal, Apr 27: Following the meeting at a guest house here, district in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary instructed the officials to stringently impose the lockdown in the taluka.

He stated that there will be no relaxation and exemptions in Bantwla till May 3 and ASHA workers will be continuing surveying houses in Bantwal Kasba and Narikombu.

Two people have already died from COVID-19 in the taluka and two new cases were reported in the past week.

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July 25,2020

Chennai, July 25: A widow living alone in her apartment in Chennai city suburbs has filed a police complaint against ABVP national president Dr Subbiah Shanmugam, accusing him of harassment, including urinating and throwing used surgical masks at her doorstep.

Shockingly, no action has been taken so far by the police, even though the complaint against Dr Shanmugam, who is in government service, was filed on July 11 at the Adambakkam Police Station here by the widow’s relative Balaji Vijayaraghavan. 

Dr Shanmugam and the 62-year-old widow were living in the same apartment complex in Nanganallur and an argument broke between them over a parking slot. “He wanted to use our parking lot. We agreed but demanded a nominal charge for using it. He was outraged by our demand and even broke our signboard at the parking lot,” Vijayaraghavan wrote in his complaint.

He also alleged that Dr Shanmugam began harassing her by throwing “pieces of chicken” outside her apartment despite knowing she is a vegetarian. Vijayaraghavan also alleged in his two-page written complaint that the ABVP National President had urinated outside the woman’s apartment gate and had been throwing garbage and used masks at her gate.

The 62-year-old woman has been living alone in her apartment for the last year following her husband’s death. In his complaint, Vijayaraghavan also said the family was “concerned about her safety”, while asking police to take action against Dr Shanmugam, who he says, “has a bad track record in maintaining rapport with neighbours.”

CCTV footage corroborates with the allegations of urinating outside the residence of the widow. However, the ABVP claimed the incident as a “malicious and derogatory propaganda” by the Congress’ student wing of NSUI.

Also Read: Finally FIR registered against ABVP national president for allegedly harassing widow

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