BENGALURU: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday slammed the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government, alleging that former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda was not invited for the Kempegowda statue inauguration event.
“The BJP is doing politics. Without printing his name on the invitation, how will they call him? They already circulated the cards. The Chief Minister called up at 9.30 pm on November 10. At 12:45 am, he sent a letter through someone who handed it over to guards”, Kumaraswamy said.
“How will they defend this? If the CM wanted to invite Deve Gowda, he should have sent some minister or Chief Secretary and printed his name on the official invitation. Without his name in the official programme, how will they call him and accommodate him? Now, they are defending that they had invited him”, the JD(S) leader alleged.
After JD(S) allegation, the BJP has claimed that they did invite the former Prime Minister. “Not only was the first invitation letter sent to former PM Deve Gowda, the only Kannadiga who was Prime Minister, Chief Minister BS Bommai himself called and invited. JDS has shown its timely wisdom by lying in this matter,” said Karnataka BJP in a Twitter post.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday unveiled the ‘Statue of Prosperity’, the 108-feet bronze statue of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda. The statue has been built to commemorate the contribution of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founder of the city, towards the growth of Bengaluru.
“Conceptualised and sculpted by Ram V Sutar of Statue of Unity fame, 98 tonnes of bronze and 120 tonnes of steel have gone into making this statue”, said the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). (ANI)