<p>Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s observations about the felicitation event for RCB at the Vidhana Soudha having passed off without disruption evoked a sharp rebuke from Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H D Kumaraswamy.</p>.<p>“Are you the CM of the entire state or merely of the steps leading to the Vidhana Soudha,” asked Kumaraswamy in a post on ‘X’.</p>.<p>Lashing out at the CM for passing the buck and holding the police responsible for the stampede at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, Kumaraswamy wrote, “Why are you trying to escape by blaming the opposition and police?”</p>.Activist questions forest dept's U-turn over mining in Karnataka's Tumakuru.<p>In the face of a crisis, the CM had become a mere spectator to the pain and suffering of the people, mocked the Union Minister.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah on Sunday admitted that he had given his nod for the felicitation ceremony held on the steps of the Vidhana Soudha.</p>.<p>The CM had further added that he had attended the event at the stadium at the invitation of the Karnataka State Cricket Association.</p>.<p>“The stampede happened at the stadium,” the chief minister said.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s observations about the felicitation event for RCB at the Vidhana Soudha having passed off without disruption evoked a sharp rebuke from Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H D Kumaraswamy.</p>.<p>“Are you the CM of the entire state or merely of the steps leading to the Vidhana Soudha,” asked Kumaraswamy in a post on ‘X’.</p>.<p>Lashing out at the CM for passing the buck and holding the police responsible for the stampede at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, Kumaraswamy wrote, “Why are you trying to escape by blaming the opposition and police?”</p>.Activist questions forest dept's U-turn over mining in Karnataka's Tumakuru.<p>In the face of a crisis, the CM had become a mere spectator to the pain and suffering of the people, mocked the Union Minister.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah on Sunday admitted that he had given his nod for the felicitation ceremony held on the steps of the Vidhana Soudha.</p>.<p>The CM had further added that he had attended the event at the stadium at the invitation of the Karnataka State Cricket Association.</p>.<p>“The stampede happened at the stadium,” the chief minister said.</p>