Bengaluru, May 11:
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, questioning whether he visited Bengaluru as the Prime Minister of India or as a “desperate BJP campaigner.”
In a strongly worded statement, Siddaramaiah said Modi’s speech lacked the dignity, seriousness and responsibility expected from the country’s highest elected office. He accused the Prime Minister of reducing his public platform to “petty attacks, falsehoods and street-style politics.”
The Karnataka Chief Minister said former Prime Ministers such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee maintained the dignity of the office even during intense political battles.
Siddaramaiah alleged that Modi’s criticism of the Congress government in Karnataka exposed the failures of the BJP-led government at the Centre rather than weaknesses in the state administration. He said the Prime Minister’s remarks reflected the BJP’s growing anxiety over its declining political fortunes in Karnataka.
The comments come amid an escalating war of words between the ruling Indian National Congress in Karnataka and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, with both sides trading accusations over governance, development and corruption.
VeSiddaramaiah’s attack underscores the increasingly confrontational political climate in Karnataka, where the Congress government is seeking to defend its record while the BJP intensifies efforts to regain momentum in one of its key southern battlegrounds.
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