<p class="rtejustify">Netizens came out in support of former chief minister Siddaramaiah after he posted a stirring tweet directed at mining czar G Janardhan Reddy for commenting on his son Rakesh Siddaramaiah’s death.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">In an interview aired by a private news channel, Reddy is heard referring to Rakesh’s death — without taking his name — as “God’s punishment” because Siddaramaiah “got me separated from my own children”.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">Reddy, the former BJP minister, goes on to cite a mythological story of how King Dasharatha was cursed by the parents of a boy who gets killed by his arrow that was meant to kill a deer. “I’ve suffered whatever I had to, but God has punished those responsible for it.”</p>.<p class="rtejustify">On Tuesday, Siddaramaiah took to Twitter for his response: “Janardhan Reddy has said my son’s death was a punishment that God gave me. I will pray to God, for Reddy’s sins, his children should not be punished.” The tweet written in Kannada went viral on Tuesday, with netizens condemning Reddy’s “distasteful” remark.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">In July 2016, Rakesh Siddaramaiah (39) died of multiple organ failure in Belgium.</p>
<p class="rtejustify">Netizens came out in support of former chief minister Siddaramaiah after he posted a stirring tweet directed at mining czar G Janardhan Reddy for commenting on his son Rakesh Siddaramaiah’s death.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">In an interview aired by a private news channel, Reddy is heard referring to Rakesh’s death — without taking his name — as “God’s punishment” because Siddaramaiah “got me separated from my own children”.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">Reddy, the former BJP minister, goes on to cite a mythological story of how King Dasharatha was cursed by the parents of a boy who gets killed by his arrow that was meant to kill a deer. “I’ve suffered whatever I had to, but God has punished those responsible for it.”</p>.<p class="rtejustify">On Tuesday, Siddaramaiah took to Twitter for his response: “Janardhan Reddy has said my son’s death was a punishment that God gave me. I will pray to God, for Reddy’s sins, his children should not be punished.” The tweet written in Kannada went viral on Tuesday, with netizens condemning Reddy’s “distasteful” remark.</p>.<p class="rtejustify">In July 2016, Rakesh Siddaramaiah (39) died of multiple organ failure in Belgium.</p>
