Koppal: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Modi’s words are worth nothing and he never come across a PM who speaks so lowly.
“Before becoming Prime Minister, he used to refer to himself as a chowkidar (guard). Where was this chowkidar (PM) when Lalit Modi and Nirav Modi fled the country? They have fled with the protection of Prime Minister Modi,” the chief minister alleged in response to the PM’s statement that the Karnataka government is a ‘seedha rupaiya sarkar’.
He mocked the Prime Minister for seating BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa “who has taken bribe by cheque”; next to him, and accusing others of corruption.
The government is not obliged to give accounts to BJP national president Amit Shah, he added. “By submitting the budget, we have presented accounts to the people,” the CM claimed.
Rahul Gandhi had not called a meeting of Mahadayi activists. Minister Vinay Kulkarni had promised Mahadayi activists audience with Rahul Gandhi. But the AICC president himself was not aware of this. So Rahul left for the airport without meeting them,” Siddaramaiah clarified in response to questions for scribes.
How can Yeddyurappa, who as CM, refused to waive farmers’ loans and ordered a shoot-at-sight on farmers at Haveri, be farmer-friendly?
