People decide candidates' fate: Siddaramaiah slams BJP chief's remark in campaign speech
Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah has slammed BJP National President JP Nadda for asking the people of Karnataka during a rally to vote for BJP ‘so that the state is not deprived of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s blessings’, saying that Modi was not God to bless anyone.
Posting a media report on Nadda’s speech, Siddaramaiah tweeted on Wednesday, “In democracy, people decide the fate of the candidates & the elected representatives can serve them. @narendramodi is not God to bless anyone…. I condemn the statement of @JPNadda about @narendramodi 's blessings on Karnataka. Looks like he needs lessons on democracy…. All states are equal & have same rights according to the constitution. There is no space for dictatorship in democracy.”
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The Congress leader added in Kannada, “If your statement that the people of Karnataka should not be deprived of @narendramodi's blessings is a threat, I condemn it. If this shows your ignorance, I pray that God blesses you with wisdom @JPNadda.”
Several other Congress leaders, including General Secretary Jairam Ramesh, Priyank Kharge and party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate, took to Twitter, to criticize the BJP president, accusing him of threatening and insulting Kannadigas.
Calling PM Modi a ‘narcissist’ and sharing a video clip of Nadda’s speech, Priyank Kharge tweeted that Karnataka had witnessed a lot of development work well before Modi took charge as the Prime Minister and that Modi’s blessings were not needed for the state to develop and prosper.
Citing a string of instances of development in the state, Kharge tweeted, “Do you think that Kannadigas lived in Stone Age before Modi became PM? We didn’t have a language or thriving culture, we didn’t have food, clothes, shelter or electricity? There were no roads, drains, no schools, no universities or no dams. We were all jobless?... Even before Modi ji blessed us with Make in India we built ITI, BEL, HMT, BHEL, Mangalore Refinery, Mysore lamps and other major & small scale industries We built NAL, HAL where planes and helicopters are being manufactured, we built ISRO & we are sending satellites to space… We were the IT Capital of India before a megalomaniac became the PM & @JPNadda ji many people from North India come looking for jobs & funding their startups here. Even before PM said #AtmaNirbharBharat, we had built many dams in Karnataka. Have you built any dams?”
Jairam Ramesh criticized Nadda for ‘excessive devotion’, tweeting in Hindi, “There should be a limit to devotion too, Nadda ji. Why are you threatening and scaring the people of Karnataka? With the blessings of the people of Karnataka, a Congress government is going to be formed.”
Expressing her fury at Nadda’s words to the people of Karnataka, Supriya Shrinate tweeted, “So when all else fails in Karnataka - BJP resorts to open threats? How dare does BJP President @JPNadda threaten the people of Karnataka by saying that they will be devoid of Modi’s blessings if they don’t vote for BJP? In a democracy does the PM bless people or does he discharge his constitutional duties? People are not at the mercy of Modi, they have rights under the constitution. And one of them is to vote freely for whoever they wish to vote for - and no power on earth can take that right away… Don’t be so drunk on power Mr Nadda and certainly don’t undermine Karnataka and the wonderful self respecting people of the state. You must apologise.”
ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಜನರೇ ಜನಾರ್ಧನರು, ಆಶೀರ್ವಾದ ನೀಡಲು @narendramodi ಅವರು ದೇವರಲ್ಲ,
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 19, 2023
ಜನರ ಸೇವೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಜನರಿಂದ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾಗಿರುವ ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ನೆನಪಿರಲಿ @JPNadda ಅವರೇ. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/QmFcfWEnCh
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Youth Cong leader killed in Karnataka's Dharwad
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Dharwad (PTI): A Youth Congress leader was allegedly killed by unidentified assailants after barging into his residence in the city, police said on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Fairoz Pathan, they said.
The incident took place at his house in the Hashminagar area on late Friday, creating panic among local residents.
Police said that four unidentified assailants barged into his house and attacked him with lethal weapons.
After committing the crime, the accused fled from the spot. The entire act has been captured on nearby CCTV cameras, providing crucial leads for the investigation, a senior police officer said.
Upon receiving information, police from the Sub-Urban Police Station rushed to the spot and conducted an inspection. The exact reason behind the murder is yet to be ascertained, he said.
Police have registered a case and launched an investigation to identify and apprehend the accused.
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