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After BJP’s shocking defeat, Siddaramaiah’s takeaway advise to Yogi

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Bengaluru: Taking a jibe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, after the shocking defeat suffered by the BJP in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur by-elections, state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah took to Twitter to advise Adityanth to spend less time ‘lecturing’ Karnataka on development issues.

“Perhaps Yogi Adityanath should spend less time lecturing Karnataka on development,” he tweeted on Wednesday night.

While congratulating the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party for their win in the bypolls on Wednesday, Siddaramaiah advised Yogi to focus more on Uttar Pradesh rather than giving lectures to Karnataka. He further said that this victory can be partially attributed to the unity among the non-BJP parties.

“The BJP has suffered humiliating loss in the Lok Sabha seats held by the CM & DyCM of UP. Congratulations to SP and BSP for this historic victory. Unity among the non-BJP parties has played a key role,” he tweeted.

The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party had forged an alliance just ahead of the elections to take on the opposition BJP which had registered a landslide victory in the 2017 assembly polls .

Yogi, while participating at the election campaigns in Karnataka ahead of the assembly polls to be held in April/May had lashed out at Siddaramaih on the issue of development and governance. This had led to a war of words between the two chief ministers on Twitter

Responding to his statements on governance and development, Siddaramaiah had chided Yogi on the stravation deaths in his state and advised him to pay a visit to either the Indira canteen or a fair price shop to well address the issue of starvation deaths in his state.

“I welcome UP CM Shri @myogiadityanath to our state. There is a lot you can learn from us Sir. When you are here please visit a Indira Canteen & a ration shop. It will help you address the starvation deaths sometimes reported from your state,” Siddaramaiah tweeted.

In turn, Yogi reminded the Karnataka CM about the rising farmer suicides in the state. “Thank you for the welcome @siddaramaiah ji. I heard number of farmers committing suicide in Karnataka was highest in your regime, not to mention the numerous deaths and transfer of honest officers. As UP CM I am working to undo the misery and lawlessness unleashed by your allies,” Adityanath had tweeted.

On Wednesday, SP’s Praveen Nishad won the Gorakhpur seat by 21,961 votes, and SP’s candidate Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel won Phulpur bypoll by defeating his nearest rival BJP’s Kaushlendra Singh Patel by 59,460 votes. Gorakhpur was vacated by Adityanath and Phulpur by his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, following their election to the Uttar Pradesh state legislative council.

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