HD Kumaraswamy flays CM Siddaramaiah for not resolving internal quota issue

Bengaluru: Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday criticised CM Siddaramaiah for not resolving the internal reservation issue.

He was speaking at a programme where some leaders from Malur Assembly constituency joined JD(S). The event also marked the merger of Swabhimani Janata Party with JD(S).

Kumaraswamy said, “Siddaramaiah has been in power for close to 8 years. He claims that he is an Ahinda leader. Despite all this, he has failed to decide on internal reservation issue".

He said Siddaramaiah remembers social justice and Ahinda only during elections. “The people should understand this,” he remarked.

He flagged the government’s inefficiency in providing the list of communities that have got reservation facilities in the last eight to ten years.

“I have been asking for this list for a while now, but releasing such a list may reveal the real colour of the chief minister. Hence, they are avoiding it,” he charged.

Kumaraswamy said doing politics in the name of reservation has become a habit.

“Politics in the name of reservation must end. There are two-three groups regarding internal reservation issue. It is not a healthy development,” he said. 

Seeks full term for JD(S)

Union Steel and Heavy Industries Minister H D Kumaraswamy has requested all communities to give his party JD(S) a chance to work for a full five years.

“I will request people of all communities in the state to bless us with one more chance to run the government for a full term of five years. I will rectify all the mistakes and injustice done by the Congress,” he said.

‘Siddu supplied B’luru sewage to Kolar, Chikkaballapur’

Former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda charged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is ready to present his 17th budget, has flown the sewage water of Bengaluru to Chikkaballapur and Kolar districts.

“Siddaramaiah had promised to give drinking water to Kolar and Chikkaballapur. But he has given them Bengaluru’s sewage water.

The famous tomato of Kolar is now advised not to be consumed. The Congress and the drainwater are responsible for this,” he alleged.