Siddaramaiah, MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan hold meeting behind closed doors in Mysuru
Mysuru: Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah and MLA Zameer Ahmed are said to have held a confidential meeting at a private hotel in Banni Mantapa here on Friday night, allegedly in the backdrop of rumours that Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao was planning to ensure a Congress defeat in the upcoming elections.
On learning of the meeting, reporters visited the hotel to speak to the former Karnataka Chief Minister. Siddaramaiah, however, refused to comment on the matter.
“I do not wish to react to the comments of the Telangana president,” Siddaramaiah said, adding with ire, “But why do you butt in private meetings of people? Be off!”
Zameer Ahmed, who spoke to the media on the occasion, said that he had not received any offer. “It is true that I visited Telangana, but did not receive any Rs 500-crore offer. Nor am I aware of any such deal,” he clarified.
“Telangana president of the Congress Revanth Reddy organized my meeting with the chief minister. It was only a courtesy visit,” the legislator added.
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
