Arvind Bellad apologizes for remarks against CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Arvind Bellad, has issued an apology to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his recent remarks.
During a media conference at the Palace Grounds, Bellad had questioned the Chief Minister's involvement in the Jindal land deal by saying, "Is it Siddaramaiah's father's property?"
The comment was made in response to the alleged offer of land to Jindal at a concessional rate.
Following backlash, Bellad wrote a letter to CM Siddaramaiah expressing regret for his words.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
