Veteran Congress leader and MLC B.K. Hariprasad on Saturday hit out at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah yet again for “denying justice to Dalits, minorities and a large sections of OBCs in the Karnataka government” without citing his name directly.
Addressing a meeting of Idiga, Billava and Namadhari and several other OBC communities in the presence of many seers of the communities in Bengaluru, Mr. Hariprasad said the leader who had given many assurances during poll campaign did not give the post of the Deputy Chief Minister to a Dalit leader. “One cannot become a Socialist by wearing a Hublot watch, dhoti and khaki shorts inside,” he said, making a jibe.
In July last too, Mr. Hariprasad challenged Mr. Siddaramaiah, stating that he knew “how to make or bring the Chief Minister down.”
