K C Venugopal speaks at the centenary celebrations of Sri Narayana Guru's Mahasamadhi at Mangalore University campus.
Credit: DH Photo/ Fakruddin H
New Delhi: Slamming Congress General Secretary ( Organisation) K C Venugopal for his post on social media on demolition of illegal settlement near Yelahanka in Bengaluru, the BJP central leaders on Sunday accused the Congress top leadership of continuing its "high-command culture" and undermining the authority of Karnataka's elected leadership.
"First it was Rajiv Gandhi who publicly humiliated the towering Karnataka leader Shri Veerendra Patil. Now, decades later, the pattern repeats, with AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal lecturing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on how to run the state," BJP IT Cell Chief Amit Malaviya posted on X.
"It is astonishing that a Chief Minister elected by the people of Karnataka is being publicly admonished by a party functionary sitting in Delhi.
If all decisions must be cleared by Rahul Gandhi’s coterie, why have a Cabinet chosen by the people of Karnataka at all?," he posted.
The BJP leader further alleged that it was nothing but high-command culture and it is not just an insult to Karnataka’s leadership, it is an insult to the people of Karnataka themselves.
The BJP General Secretary ( Organisation) B L Santosh also criticised Venugopal post.
" Here goes Kannada Pride to a toss & in comes appeasement politics of
@INCIndia to the forefront . Never forget - Never forgive' "Santosh posted on X.
The BJP leaders were reacting to Venugopal's post on X about his conversation with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivkumar regarding the demolition of unauthorised construction near Yelahanka in Bengaluru and expressed serious concern of the AICC about the incident.