The Opposition BJP responded sharply to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s allegation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sleeping on issues related to Karnataka, by remarking that it was part of his effort to appease the Congress high command.
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok took to social media platform X to launch a counterattack on the Chief Minister. “If you think you can impress your high command and save your chair by such rant against the Prime Minister, then you are living in a fool’s paradise,” he said.
“It is no longer a secret that your days are numbered and you will be shown the exit door after the Lok Sabha elections,” claimed Mr. Ashok, who just returned from his trip to Delhi where he met the party central leaders.
The Chief Minister had taken to social media platform X on Tuesday to express his displeasure over Karnataka getting a raw deal concerning drought relief. He had alleged that the Prime Minister was sleeping on issues related to Karnataka which was facing one of the worst droughts in the last 47 years. Mr. Siddaramaiah’s attack on the Prime Minister came days ahead of the latter’s visit to Bengaluru, scheduled for January 19.
In a series of posts on X, the former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai countered Mr. Siddaramaiah and said during the UPA government’s regime between 2004 and 2014, Karnataka received ₹81,795.84 crore in the form of tax distribution and ₹60,779.84 crore in the form of grants. In the current NDA dispensation from 2014 to December 2023, the State received ₹2,82,791 crore in tax distribution and ₹2,08,882.02 crore as grants, he said.
