Dinesh Gundurao launches verbal attack on Bommai for silence on Karnataka's exclusion from budget
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai has come under fire from State Health Minister Dinesh Gundurao, who questioned Bommai's silence when Karnataka was not mentioned in the Union Budget. This criticism follows Bommai's remarks about Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's alleged neglect of the state by not attending the Niti Aayog meeting.
In a post on social media platform 'X', Gundurao stated, "Despite the presence of 19 MPs and 5 Union Ministers, BJP-JDS leaders did not raise their voices about the injustice done to the state in the budget. The Modi government continues to do injustice to Karnataka. Without the strength to speak about it, it is ridiculous to complain that injustice has happened because of not attending the Neeti Ayog meeting."
Gundurao further explained that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's absence from the Niti Aayog meeting was a form of protest against the perceived budgetary injustice to Karnataka. He noted that other non-BJP ruled states, including Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, and Punjab, also boycotted the meeting in protest against the Centre's discriminatory policies.
"The boycott of the Niti Aayog meeting was against the discriminatory policy of the Centre and not because of any personal interest. Bommai, now an MP, should question the Modi government’s attitude towards Karnataka if he truly cares about the state," Gundurao added.
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ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ @siddaramaiah ರವರು ನೀತಿ ಆಯೋಗದ ಸಭೆಗೆ ಹಾಜರಾಗದೆ ರಾಜ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಅನ್ಯಾಯ ಎಸಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಮಾಜಿ CM @BSBommai ಯವರು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಈಗ ರಾಜ್ಯಕ್ಕಾದ ಅನ್ಯಾಯದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾತಾಡುವ ಬೊಮ್ಮಾಯಿಯವರು ಬಜೆಟ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾಪವೇ ಮಾಡದಿದ್ದಾಗ ಯಾವ ಬಿಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡಗಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರು.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
