Lahar Singh Siroya
Credit: DH Photo/ S K Dinesh
Bengaluru: Rajya Sabha BJP member Lahar Singh Siroya on Monday lashed out at Minister Priyank Kharge and MLC Dr Yathindra, dubbing them "two mediocre sons" controlling the state.
"Karnataka is today sadly being controlled by two mediocre sons. They speak out of turn. They stoke needless controversy. They violate their own high command's guidelines. They are both arrogant & ride roughshod over all seniors in party and government, yet they are tolerated," Siroya said in a statement, naming Priyank & Yathindra.
"From my many political interactions, I have learnt that the two sons are intensely disliked by own partymen. They are being tolerated because their fathers are in power. The moment their fathers step down, I am told, the reality for these two sons may become very different. If one son now acts like super Congress President, the other acts like super chief minister," he said.
By attacking RSS & BJP, Siroya said, Priyank "indirectly earns brownie points for Kharge Senior" and "helps him survive in Delhi".
"Kharge Junior is deployed to keep a check on Siddaramaiah government's ideological loyalty & policy decisions. Yathindra's agenda is far more simple. He has been used to undercut (DCM) D K Shivakumar. His job is to ensure his father's chair isn't taken away. So, he keeps making his father 'indispensable' to survival of Congress," he said.