Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah has hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his comments on the Congress during his three public rallies in Karnataka on Saturday.
Referring to Mr. Modi terming the Congress rule as “ bhrastha kaal” and the BJP rule as “ amrit kaal”, Mr. Siddaramaiah asked Mr. Modi on Twitter whether he did not remember the “Adanis and Ambanis” and or even see the Chief Minister and other Ministers on the stage with him who face multiple corruption cases.
He also asked whether over ₹8 crore seized by the Lokayukta from BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa’s family homes and office were indeed money procured from selling arecanut. Mr. Siddaramaiah said the Prime Minister should have at least remembered the letter the Karnataka State Contractors’ Association wrote to him complaining of “40% commission” and the family of the BJP worker and contractor Santosh Patil who committed suicide unable to pay “commission”. “It is indeed an amrit kaal for BJP MLAs and Ministers, but it is definitely visha kaala for the State,” he said.
