Kumaraswamy hits back at Modi, accuses him of using soldiers patriotism for gain
Bengaluru, Apr 12: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using the patriotism of soldiers for his gain, saying he has no development issues to talk about during the campaign.
"Despite clarifying on the false post by @BJP4Karnataka, PM @narendramodi still gets carried away by wrong inputs of state leaders.
The PM is using the patriotism of soldiers for his gain. He rides on such emotional waves because there are no development issues to talk about," Kumaraswamy tweeted.
The Chief Minister was reacting to Modi's comments at a BJP rally in Gangavathi, where he lashed out at Kumaraswamy over his reported remark that only those who cannot manage two square meals a day seek jobs in services, terming it an insult to the armed forces.
"I was seeing in the media yesterday that Karnataka Chief Minister has said that only those people go to army who don't get food two times a day.
What kind of thinking is thisKumaraswamy ji? You cannot escape by saying that your statement has been wrongly interpreted. You have said what is in your heart," Modi said.
"...is it not an insult to our brave soldiers and armed forces...will you seek vote on this?Those who serve the country and ready to sacrifice for it facing all odds...such words for them, such thinking.
Doob maro doob maro (die drowning),those who insult the country's army," the prime minister said.
On Thursday, Karnataka BJP had tweeted the video of Kumaraswamy's speech and said "People who don't have food to eat join Defence: @hd_kumaraswamy Kumaraswamy avare, people join Defence forces due to the love they have for Nation.
Why don't you send your Son to serve in army instead of contesting for MP seat.
You may then know what it needs to be a soldier."
Responding to it, the Chief Minister had termed it as an edited video.
"#BJP is upto their old tricks again. They posted another edited video with false interpretation to malign me.
I had said that not all who join defence forces are rich.
The PM shuld not play with d lives of jawans to get votes. I never said tat jawans are in the army just for livelihood," he had tweeted on Thursday.
Kumaraswamy's tweet Friday, reacting to the Prime Minister's criticism, contained a lengthy video of his speech than the one tweeted by the BJP.
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Oman Foreign Min. says Israel drew US into Iran war, calls conflict a ‘grave miscalculation’
US has lost control of its own foreign policy: Badr Albusaidi
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Muscat: Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi has said that Israel persuaded the United States to go to war with Iran, describing the ongoing conflict as a “grave miscalculation” and a “catastrophe”, according to a report by The Guardian.
Writing in the British news and current affairs Journal The Economist, Albusaidi said Washington had “lost control of its own foreign policy” and was drawn into the conflict despite the possibility of securing a nuclear agreement with Tehran.
He said Iran and the United States had been close to an understanding during nuclear talks held in Geneva in February.
“It was a shock but not a surprise” when the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran just hours after discussions that had made peace “really possible”, he wrote.
According to Albusaidi, Tehran had offered concessions, including limits on uranium enrichment, in exchange for sanctions relief, and further negotiations had been planned before military action began.
He alleged that Israel’s leadership convinced US President Donald Trump to join the war.
“The American administration’s greatest miscalculation… was allowing itself to be drawn into this war,” he wrote, adding that the conflict was “not America’s war” and that there was no clear outcome in which both the US and Israel would achieve their objectives.
Albusaidi described the broader confrontation as a “catastrophe”, particularly for Gulf nations. He said there was little indication that negotiations would resume soon and urged both sides to return to dialogue.
“For Israel to achieve its stated objective will require a long military campaign,” he cautioned, warning that such a course could draw the US deeper into the conflict.
The Omani minister also termed the military strikes by the US and Israel “illegal”, saying countries involved in the attacks were in breach of international law as long as hostilities continued.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected claims that Israel had pushed Washington into the conflict. “Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do?” he said in response.
Oman has been among Gulf countries advocating a diplomatic solution, while other regional states have expressed concern that the war could destabilise energy supplies and regional security.
