Congress chief Siddaramaiah’s remarks made in reference to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai that “Lingayat Chief Minister of the BJP has ruined the State by way of corruption” has taken a controversial twist with the ruling BJP describing this as an insult to the dominant Lingayat neighborhood.
The BJP gave the impression to be utilizing the episode to launch a counterattack on the Congress, which had accused it of ignoring leaders of the Lingayat neighborhood within the wake of two of its Lingayat leaders becoming a member of the Congress after being dined ticket.
Chief Minister himself launched the assault on Mr. Siddaramaiah on the day of Basava Jayanthi by evaluating his remarks to that of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi who had puzzled why all of the criminals have the surname Modi. The Chief Minister additionally maintained that Mr. Siddaramaiah’s remarks had damage the soul of Lingayats.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi too took critical exception to Mr. Siddaramaiah’s remarks and stated it had proven how the Congress leaders view the Lingayat neighborhood.
BJP chief and MLA Arvind Bellad too joined the assault on Mr. Siddaramaiah and sought a response on this regard from former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who not too long ago give up the BJP and joined the Congress, alleging that the BJP had insulted the Lingayat leaders. Panchamashali seer Jayamruthyunjaya Swamiji too expressed ache over such remarks of Mr. Siddaramaiah and stated it had damage the neighborhood.
In the meantime, a gaggle of attorneys type Lingayat neighborhood petitioned the Election Fee of India, in search of motion towards Mr. Siddaramaiah, accusing him of insulting the neighborhood itself.
On his half, Mr. Siddaramaiah clarified that his assertion was being twisted by the BJP for political beneficial properties. With out taking the title of BJP Nationwide Organising Normal Secretary B.L. Santhosh, he alleged that the RSS leaders had been hatching a conspiracy to politically end off senior Lingayat leaders within the BJP by denying tickets to a number of them. They had been additionally accountable for veteran BJP chief and Lingayat strongman B.S. Yediyurappa going to jail on corruption costs, he alleged and remarked that the BJP’s Lingayat leaders had been unnecessarily targetting the Congress as an alternative of understanding the reality.
