<p>JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy did a 'Nikhil Yellidiyappa' on chief minister B S Yediyurappa, as he came under attack for his visit to Delhi even as several parts of the State faced floods.</p>.<p>Speaking at a party workers meeting, he used the phrase popularised during Lok Sabha elections to take a dig at the CM. "Where are you Yediyurappa? Ellidiyappa Yediyurappa? I want to ask the people who ran 'Nikhil Ellidiyappa'campaign where Yediyurappa is," he said.</p>.<p>The 'Nikhil Ellidiyappa' phrase had entered the lexicon of the people of the State, after a video of a movie promotion campaign where Kumaraswamy uses it to locate his son in the audience went viral just ahead of Lok Sabha elections and spawned several memes.</p>.<p>Transfers of various officials of the State government also came under criticism. "Are the transfers taking place in a transparent manner?", he asked and sought to know the background of the person who was appointed to the Bangalore Development Authority.</p>.<p>He also attacked Congress, stating that he had to work as per somebody else's wishes during his 14-months tenure as Chief Minister in the Congress-JD(S) coalition government. "I did not have the freedom to work," he said.</p>
<p>JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy did a 'Nikhil Yellidiyappa' on chief minister B S Yediyurappa, as he came under attack for his visit to Delhi even as several parts of the State faced floods.</p>.<p>Speaking at a party workers meeting, he used the phrase popularised during Lok Sabha elections to take a dig at the CM. "Where are you Yediyurappa? Ellidiyappa Yediyurappa? I want to ask the people who ran 'Nikhil Ellidiyappa'campaign where Yediyurappa is," he said.</p>.<p>The 'Nikhil Ellidiyappa' phrase had entered the lexicon of the people of the State, after a video of a movie promotion campaign where Kumaraswamy uses it to locate his son in the audience went viral just ahead of Lok Sabha elections and spawned several memes.</p>.<p>Transfers of various officials of the State government also came under criticism. "Are the transfers taking place in a transparent manner?", he asked and sought to know the background of the person who was appointed to the Bangalore Development Authority.</p>.<p>He also attacked Congress, stating that he had to work as per somebody else's wishes during his 14-months tenure as Chief Minister in the Congress-JD(S) coalition government. "I did not have the freedom to work," he said.</p>
