Kumaraswamy was the reason coalition government collapsed: Siddaramaiah
Kalaburagi: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Karnataka’s Leader of Opposition, Siddaramaiah on Wednesday came down hard at HD Kumaraswamy asserting that HDK was the reason why the coalition government between Congress-JD(s) collapsed in the state.
Speaking to reporters in the city, Siddaramaiah referred to HDK’s remarks on him that he made a day earlier in Mysuru, claiming that Siddaramaiah had a secret meeting with BS Yediyurappa who later became the CM after forming BJP government in the state.
Kumaraswamy had, on October 12 in Mysuru, alleged that the I-T raids were carried out at the behest of the BJP’s national leadership after Yediyurappa met Siddaramaiah. He had also alleged that Siddaramaiah had conspired to destabilize the BJP government in Karnataka by holding a secret meeting with Yediyurappa.
“HDK’s allegations against me are baseless. If he did not want to form a coalition government with us, why did he become the CM of the state? If I wanted the coalition government to fall, why would I agree for him to take CM’s seat? HDK is scared of me, people only target those who they are afraid of,” Siddaramaiah said.
Siddaramaiah also pointed out that three JD(S) MLAs had joined hands with BJP to topple his government.
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India has agreed already to drop its tariffs to nothing: President Trump
New York/Washington, May 7 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has “agreed” to drop its high tariffs “to nothing”.
“I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We’re not going to put up with that, and they’ve agreed already to drop it. They’ll drop it to nothing. They’ve already agreed. They would have never done that for anybody else but me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters as they met in the Oval Office to discuss the US-Canada trade.
“So we’re going to put down some numbers and we’re going to say our country is open for business and they’re going to come in and they’re going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It’s very simple. It’s very simple,” he added.
In the past, Trump has called India “tariff king” and a “big abuser”.
Last month, Trump had said that negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks “we’ll have a deal with India”.
