Hitting back at former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai over his remark that the Congress-led State government was controlled by the party’s high command Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge has said that all the 25 BJP MPs from Karnataka are puppets in the hands of the BJP high-command and they do not have any courage to speak in front of their Central leaders.
Addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Friday, Mr. Kharge said that the grand old party had preserved its intra-party democracy and the State Congress leaders had visited the High Command to seek advice whereas BJP lacked intra-party democracy. The BJP leaders, who ridiculed the Congress for having high-command culture, should themselves iron out their internal differences before pointing their finger towards Congress, Mr. Kharge said.
“The Centre has failed to clear the pending GST compensation and the pending bills of MGNREGA scheme to Karnataka. What is wrong if a delegation from the State government meets the Prime Minister demanding the Centre release Karnataka’s pending dues,” he sought to know.
