BJP state general secretary CT Ravi slams Barkha Dutt for an old tweet on Siddaramaiah
Says Siddaramaiah’s 'insult' unacceptable
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP General Secretary and Chikkamagaluru MLA CT Ravi on Thursday slammed prominent journalist Barkha Dutt for calling former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah a ‘son of cattle grazer’ in a tweet dated May 10, 2018, days ahead of the Karnataka assembly election last year.
Barkha Dutt had then shared her article published in ‘Washington Post’ and had questioned if Siddaramaiah, a son of cattle grazer would be able to stop ‘Modi wave’ in the southern state. The article mainly focused on Siddaramaiah’s rise in politics while also comparing the same with that of Narendra Modi.
CT Ravi however on Thursday retweeted the tweet of Barkha Dutt about the post and called it abusive journalism.
Ravi also praised Siddaramaiah in the tweet and added that the former CM is a leader on his own strength and has grown from the roots. He is a self-made man of the Masses. He also added that reducing siddaramaiah to ‘son of a cattle grazer was not acceptable’.
'This kind of abusive journalism against my fellow Kannadiga is not acceptable" he added in the tweet.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
