Kumaraswamy hits back at Rahul Gandhi for remark on regional parties, says Congress has phobia
Bengaluru, May 16: Congress is facing a phobia of regional parties, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy said on Monday while taking a swipe at the grand old party leader Rahul Gandhi for his critical comments on those parties.
In an apparent sarcastic note, he asked the former Congress president to elaborate to regional parties about ideological commitment, while saying that the national party has no presence in most parts of the country.
He said the Congress toppled the I K Gujral-led United Front government, demanding that DMK be kept out of the Cabinet by citing the links of the Dravidian party with the LTTE in the backdrop of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. But, the same Congress in the later years shared a cordial, political relationship with that party.
"Is sharing power with the same DMK for 10 years in UPA-1 and -2 governments, led by Manmohan Singh, an ideological commitment?" he questioned in a tweet.
In his address at his party's "Chintan Shivir" (brainstorming camp) in Udaipur, Gandhi had claimed that regional parties cannot fight the BJP and the RSS as they lack ideology. The Congress can fight them, he had said.
Noting that Rahul Gandhi claims that Congress alone has the strength to defeat the BJP, the former Chief Minister said he (Rahul) should not forget that his party enjoyed power for 10 years on the strength of regional parties.
"Is joining hands (with BJP) for the immoral operation 'Lotus' through the back door, after coming to our (JD-S) door with an alliance proposal and forming a coalition government with us, an ideological commitment? Is destroying alliance partners ideology-based politics?" he further questioned the Congress.
As 2018 polls threw up a hung verdict, Congress and JD(S), which fought elections separately, joined hands to form a coalition government in Karnataka under the leadership of Kumaraswamy.
However, the government fell after 14 months due to dissidence within, and with MLAs from both parties resigning and joining the BJP.
Stating that Congress is facing a phobia of regional parties, Kumaraswamy said, "It has no presence in most of the States like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha. Congress is in its last days in Karnataka. It will be better if Rahul Gandhi understands that."
ಸೈದ್ಧಾಂತಿಕ ಬದ್ಧತೆ ಎಂದರೆ..
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 16, 2022
ರಾಜೀವ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಹತ್ಯೆ ಪ್ರಕರಣದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯ ನೆಪ ನೀಡಿ, ಡಿಎಂಕೆ-ಎಲ್ಟಿಟಿಇ ಸಂಬಂಧವನ್ನು ಮುನ್ನೆಲೆಗೆ ತಂದು ಆ ಪಕ್ಷವನ್ನು ಸಂಪುಟದಿಂದ ಹೊರಗಿಡಬೇಕು ಎಂದ್ಹೇಳಿ ಐ.ಕೆ.ಗುಜ್ರಾಲ್ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ರಂಗ ಸರಕಾರವನ್ನು ಉರುಳಿಸಿದ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷವು ಆಮೇಲೆ ಅದೇ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಹೆಗಲ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೈ ಹಾಕಿದ್ದಾ!? 2/6
ಯುಪಿಎ 1 & 2 ಸರಕಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಡಾ.ಮನಮೋಹನ್ ಸಿಂಗ್ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಸಂಪುಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದೇ ಡಿಎಂಕೆಯ ಜತೆ 10 ವರ್ಷ ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ಸೋಪಾನ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು ಸೈದ್ಧಾಂತಿಕ ಬದ್ಧತೆಯಾ? 3/6
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 16, 2022
ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಸೋಲಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ʼಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಇದೆ ಎನ್ನುವ ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಅವರು, ತಮ್ಮ ಪಕ್ಷ 10 ವರ್ಷ ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ಸುಖ ಅನುಭವಿಸಿದ್ದು ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು ದಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯದಿಂದ ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನು ಮರೆಯಬಾರದು. 4/6
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 16, 2022
ಮೈತ್ರಿ ಸರಕಾರ ಮಾಡೋಣ ಎಂದು ಮನೆ ಬಾಗಿಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದು, ಸರಕಾರವನ್ನೂ ಮಾಡಿ ಹಿಂಬಾಗಿಲಿನಿಂದ ಆಪರೇಷನ್ ಕಮಲವೆಂಬ ಅನೈತಿಕ ರಾಜಕಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ʼಕೈʼಜೋಡಿಸಿದ್ದು ಸೈದ್ಧಾಂತಿಕ ಬದ್ಧತೆಯಾ? ಮಿತ್ರಪಕ್ಷಗಳನ್ನೇ ನುಂಗಿಹಾಕುವುದೂ ಸೈದ್ಧಾಂತಿಕ ರಾಜಕಾರಣವಾ? 5/6
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 16, 2022
ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳ ಭೀತಿ ಎದುರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಫೋಬಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್; ಆಂಧ್ರ, ತೆಲಂಗಾಣ, ಒಡಿಶಾ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಯಾವ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಹೆಸರಿಲ್ಲದಾಗಿದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಕೊನೆಗಾಲದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ರಾಹುಲ್ಗಾಂಧಿ ಅರ್ಥ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡರೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು. 6/6
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 16, 2022
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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.
