MP Pratap Simmha on Tuesday mocked former MLA Yathindra Siddaramaiah over his recent statement on whether the Mysuru MP was a “national leader”.
“Mr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah is correct. I am definitely not a national leader. I come from a modest background and started a career in journalism before coming to politics. I agree with him (Mr. Yathindra) that I am not a national leader,” the MP told reporters here.
Replying to Mr. Yathindra’s sarcastic jibe at him, Mr. Simmha hit out saying, “A national leader is the one who uses his father’s clout as the CM; a national leader is the one who forces his father to migrate to a different constituency (Badami) vacating his home constituency (Varuna) to make way for his son to contest the polls (from Varuna in 2018); a national leader is the one who commands his father to sign the transfer list sent by him. Considering all these reasons, I can say Mr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah is the real national leader in the Mysuru region.”
