CM Siddaramaiah accuses BJP of lies and injustice in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched a scathing attack on the BJP, accusing the party of perpetuating falsehoods and lacking a commitment to truth in politics.
He criticized Union Home Minister Amit Shah for spreading falsehoods during his visit, followed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman repeating these lies. "The people of Karnataka are wise and see through these lies. The injustices inflicted on Karnataka by the Central Government are deeply troubling," Siddaramaiah stated.
Addressing Sitharaman, Siddaramaiah urged her to rectify the wrongs and provide the fair compensation and tax share due to Karnataka. He called for an end to justifying failures through repeated falsehoods.
Siddaramaiah highlighted Sitharaman's claim of providing Rs. 697 crore for drought relief, pointing out that she concealed crucial details. He explained the process of compensation for natural calamities and stressed that Karnataka has suffered significant losses due to drought, requiring a compensation of Rs. 18,171 crore from the NDRF, which Sitharaman allegedly ignored.
Regarding tax distribution and GST relief, Siddaramaiah accused Sitharaman of rejecting the Central Finance Commission's recommendation of a special grant of ₹5,495 crore for Karnataka, instead allocating only Rs. 11,495 crore, which he deemed unjust.
Siddaramaiah challenged Sitharaman to a face-to-face debate, urging her to stop lying and participate in an open discussion in the presence of Karnataka's population to let the people decide the truth.
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Mamata demands PM's resignation over silence on Pak's 'threat' to strike Kolkata in future conflict
Bethuadahari (WB) (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not raise Pakistan's threat to attack Kolkata, during his poll rallies in West Bengal a day earlier.
"You (PM) target Bengal during election rallies; but when Pakistan talks of attacking Bengal, you do not utter a word. You should resign," she said at a poll rally here in Nadia district.
"Why did the prime minister not raise the issue during his rally in Bengal? When Pakistan's defence minister says they will attack Kolkata, why didn't the prime minister say that 'we will take strong action'?" she posed a day after Modi addressed a poll rally in West Bengal's Cooch Behar.
"Just like we do not accept any threat to the country, we will also not take the threat to Kolkata lying down," she said.
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday warned India that it would respond with a strike in Kolkata to any “future misadventures". “If India tries to stage any false flag operation this time, then God-willingly, we will take it to Kolkata," Asif had said while talking to reporters at his hometown of Sialkot.
