Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Sunday dominated out variations between him and Deputy CM D Okay Shivakumar, a day after the Opposition BJP accused him of ignoring his deputy throughout the Sadhana Samavesha held in Mysuru.
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Chatting with reporters after providing ‘Bagina’ to Kabini reservoir, Siddaramaiah – flanked by Shivakumar – dismissed the allegations that he had insulted the deputy CM on the occasion.
“At a programme, these on stage are named. How did I insult him?” Siddaramaiah requested.
The BJP had highlighted Siddaramaiah’s outburst at a celebration employee forward of his deal with on the occasion, after the employee prompt welcoming Shivakumar earlier than he started his speech. On the occasion, the CM had mentioned that solely these on the stage are referred to as out earlier than starting a speech and never these “who sit at house”.
Responding to a query on the identical, Siddaramaiah mentioned that Shivakumar was welcomed at first of the occasion. “He left halfway to go to Delhi. That’s the reason I didn’t identify him,” he mentioned.
On the BJP’s allegations that it was an insult to Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah mentioned, “How is it an insult? The BJP is underneath the phantasm that they will get political mileage out of it.”
Shivakumar, too, refused to learn a lot into the incident on the Saturday occasion. Chatting with reporters, he mentioned that he had left the occasion early to journey to Delhi to satisfy his legal professionals. “I had knowledgeable the CM earlier than leaving the venue,” he mentioned, including that there was nothing political about his swift Delhi go to.
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On the BJP’s allegation of insult, he mentioned that the Opposition leaders had affection for him. “Since I’m a powerful individual, they’ve a lot affection for me,” he added.