H.D. Kumaraswamy asks Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to vacate his post to show love and generosity towards Vokkaligas

Hitting backmost astatine Chief Minister Siddaramaiah implicit his comments connected the Janata Dal (Secular) enactment and Vokkaliga politics, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy connected Sunday suggested that the clip was ripe for him to ablution emotion connected Vokkaligas by vacating his post.

“I invited the Congress’s generosity to the Vokkaliga community. If the Congress tin marque a Vokkaliga the Chief Minister, should you besides not amusement the aforesaid generosity? Show the generosity by publically speaking astir the statement you had earlier becoming the Chief Minister successful the 2nd term. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, K.C. Venugopal, and Randeep Singh Surjewala indispensable person understood your conception of societal justness and emotion for Vokkaligas by now,” helium retorted successful a statement. “The precise governmental spot and stature you bask contiguous were enabled by erstwhile Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda. Had helium chosen to prioritise household oregon caste, you would not person go Finance Minister, possibly not adjacent the caput of a corporation.”

Stating that the Chief Minister had utilized names of 13 Vokkaliga leaders for his governmental selfishness, Mr. Kumaraswamy asked if they did not bask powerfulness owing to Mr. Gowda’s efforts. “They each enjoyed powerfulness owed to the sacrifices of Mr. Gowda and grew up earlier crossing implicit the fence.”

He besides accused Mr. Siddaramaiah of backstabbing erstwhile Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, snatching the Leader of the Opposition’s station from existent Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, and finishing disconnected the chances of different Dalit person G. Parameshwara.

“You did not go Chief Minister doubly connected merit but aft sacrificing susceptible leaders successful the sanction of societal justice. Your societal justness does not person conscience.”

The Union Minister said: “It is embarrassing that the idiosyncratic who trampled upon societal justness speaks connected it repeatedly. How agelong volition you lie? If you were to beryllium a genuine typical of AHINDA, you would person not dragged your caste astatine a delicate time. This is what I had questioned you. My proposition to you is that bash not instrumentality the names of Basavanna, Narayana Guru, Kuvempu, and D. Devaraj Urs.”