Government is not bearing expenses of foreign trip taken by Congress legislators, says Yathindra

Yathindra Siddaramaiah, Congress MLC and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son, said a radical of Congress legislators from the State are undertaking a overseas circuit astatine their ain expense.

Responding to reporters’ queries connected the travel connected February 17, Mr. Yathindra clarified that the State authorities is not bearing immoderate expenditure related to the legislators’ overseas visit.

He said determination is nary crushed to entity to the travel since the legislators are paying for it themselves, adding that helium understands it to beryllium a survey tour.

The MLC besides dismissed suggestions of immoderate governmental space to the visit, adjacent arsenic it coincides with speculation implicit a powerfulness tussle betwixt Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

“There is nary authorities progressive successful the overseas trip,” helium said, adding that the legislators would person gone up with the circuit irrespective of immoderate governmental developments successful the State.

Replying to different query, Mr. Yathindra said helium is not portion of the delegation arsenic helium had not been invited.

Mum connected enactment alteration speculation

Meanwhile, Mr. Yathindra declined to remark connected the ongoing speculation astir a imaginable alteration of enactment successful the State.

He said helium had already spoken capable connected the contented since November past year. “How overmuch much should I speak? I volition not remark connected the issue,” helium added.

Mr. Yathindra besides refused to respond to statements made by different Congress leaders regarding the enactment question.

The Congress MLC besides lashed retired astatine Pratap Simha, erstwhile MP, and Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, MLA, for referring to him arsenic the “Transfer Minister”.

He alleged that some leaders, who had been sidelined by the BJP, were making baseless allegations simply to stay politically relevant.

He further said BJP leaders are targeting him due to the fact that they person thing important to criticise, whether with regards to the State authorities oregon the Chief Minister.

He besides accused the BJP IT compartment of making akin allegations without providing immoderate grounds to enactment the claims.