Karnataka: Siddaramaiah attacks JD(S) on Twitter, HDK lashes out saying Opposition leader is afraid of party

In response, Kumaraswamy said it was just a matter of time before Siddaramaiah was ousted from his Assembly constituency of Badami. “Is Tumakuru your father’s property? Forget ousting JD(S) from Tumakuru, the people of Chamundeshwari have sent you packing and the next will be Badami,” Kumaraswamy said.

He went on to say, “What kind of politics is it to ask people to chase away one party from a district in a democracy? He says that he won’t talk about Kumaraswamy. But every time he speaks, he talks about me. Is it a lie that he relentlessly attacks JD(S)? The entire state has heard his remarks.”

“Siddaramaiah’s criticism against the JD(S) clearly shows that he is afraid of the regional party,” Kumaraswamy pointed out in a tweet on Sunday.

Congress leaders, meanwhile, requested Siddaramaiah to restrain himself and, instead, allow the Vokkaliga leaders in the grand old party to respond to provocative statements from the JD(S) leader as Kumaraswamy belongs to the Vokkaliga community.

“Siddaramaiah has been advised against reacting to provocative statements from Kumaraswamy. “It’s better for Vokkaliga leaders in the party to react. We have asked Siddaramaiah not to react. It is the responsibility of other leaders to react,” Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson M Lakshmana said on Sunday.