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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KKR land Green for record-breaking Rs 25.20 crore; Shaw, Sarfaraz go unsold
Abu Dhabi (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders splurged a record-breaking Rs 25.20 to land top Australian all-rounder Cameron Green even as Indian stars Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan went unsold in the Indian Premier League players' auction here on Tuesday.
Green surpassed compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the most expensive overseas player at an IPL auction. This was after Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings were involved in an intense bidding war for him before the latter emerged winner.
KKR also went after Venkatesh Iyer before pulling out of the race against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who fetched the services of the India all-rounder for Rs 7 crore.
As far as Green is concerned, his salary for the season would still be Rs 18 crore (USD 1.9 million) as the rest of the amount will go towards the BCCI's player development programme as per the rules of the auction for foreign players.
Green, who previously turned up for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, has so far played 29 matches in the IPL to aggregate 707 runs and take 16 wickets.
Shaw, however, went unsold despite his fine run of form in the domestic circuit lately, and so was the case with Sarfaraz, who smashed a 22-ball 73 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match for Mumbai on Tuesday.
Big-hitting South African batter David Miller was bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 2 crore, but New Zealand swashbuckler Devon Conway, whose base price was also Rs 2 crore, went unsold in the auction.
Seasoned South African opener Quinton de Kock returned to his old base Mumbai Indians for a base price of Rs 1 crore.
A total of 359 players -- 246 Indians and 113 overseas players -- are part of the mini auction pool with the 10 franchises bidding to fill up a maximum of 77 slots, including 31 reserved for foreign players.
