BAGALKOT: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “will not make” a Lingayat as Chief Minister in his view.
He made these remarks while campaigning for party candidate Hanumanta Mavinamara in Badami. Addressing the people, Kumaraswamy said, “I have said this before, the BJP will mot make a Lingayat CM at any cost. In fact, work is going on quietly behind the scenes to make a Brahmin as the Chief Minister”.
The JD(S) leader further said that instead of real problems of the people, issues like “snake” and “Vishkanya” are being discussed. “Instead of discussing the various problems in the state, they (BJP) are discussing “snakes” and “Vishkanya”. There is no need for such politics. Will people’s lives improve with these things? The Prime Minister criticised everything like family, and ATM, and talked about the double engine government. But, I would like to ask why corruption in the state was not stopped. The double engine government has looted the state,” Kumaraswamy said.
He also attacked both BJP and Congress for calling JD(S) as the B-team of the other. “PM Modi calls JD(S), the B team of Congress. The Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah calls JD(S) the B-team of BJP. We are the team of the people of the country and Kannadigas”, he said. (ANI)