Mysuru event was held to floor DKS, says BJP

The Opposition BJP has described the episode of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah not acknowledging the earlier presence of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar at the Sadhana Samavesha in Mysuru as a clear indication of internal rift in the Congress coming out in open. They have also termed the Mysuru programme as an event organised to sideline and floor Mr. Shivakumar rather than project the government’s achievements. 

Speaking to presspersons here on Sunday, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashok said the public meeting had exposed the internal rift within Congress. “The meeting was held to teach Mr. Shivakumar a lesson. Mr. Shivakumar has now been reduced to being a second-class citizen in in his own party. It was not a government programme; it was a ritual to politically finish off Mr. Shivakumar,” he said. 

“This is a feud between Mr. Shivakumar and Mr. Siddaramaiah. The BJP does not need to topple this government; it will collapse due to internal conflicts. AICC general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala came to the State and heard the grievances of MLAs. But their disputes are now out in the open,” he remarked. 

Taking serious exception to AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “barker”, Mr. Ashok said such comments reflected the mindset of Congress leaders. 

“The language used by Mr. Kharge is shameful and beneath the dignity of public life. Knowing that they will not come to power, they are resorting to such low-level remarks,” he alleged. 

From “Maut ka Saudagar” to “Zehreela Saap” to now this, personal abuse has become the only political currency of the Congress, he alleged. 

“India is roaring under Mr. Modi, and that is the real problem of the Congress. They cannot digest the fact that a self-made leader is taking India to new heights, without their (Congress) dynasty,” he remarked.