Former Karnataka chief minister and the Chief of Opposition within the Karnataka Meeting, Siddaramaiah, on Monday triggered controversy together with his comment that he’s not anti-Hindu however anti-Hindutva as in accordance with him, Hindutva is for homicide, violence and discrimination.
Talking in Kalaburagi through the launch of a guide – a biopic of former congress MLA BR Patil, Siddaramaiah stated, “Hindutva is towards Structure. Hindutva and Hindu dharma is completely different. I am not towards the Hindu faith. I am a Hindu however oppose Manuvad and Hindutva.”
“No faith helps homicide and violence however Hindutva and Manuvad assist homicide, violence and discrimination,” he added.
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This isn’t the primary time the minister has sparked controversy together with his remarks on Hindutva. Earlier on January 8, he asserted that he was a Hindu however opposed Hindutva. On the identical occasion, he additionally stated that he by no means opposed Ram Temple in Ayodhya however was towards utilizing it for political achieve.
On Saturday, Siddaramaiah, additionally launched an assault on Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister, Prabhu Chauhan, calling him a ‘idiot’ who can’t inform a goat from a cow.
Taking to social media, Siddaramaiah made a collection of tweets by which he slammed the Animal Husbandry Minister of state and the functioning of the state authorities. “This minister shouldn’t be fluent in any language together with Kannada. Such persons are unfit to be MLAs,” he wrote in Kannada.
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Lashing out on the BJP, the minister stated, “The BJP leaders paid ₹15 to twenty crores to every MLA and fashioned the federal government below the management of Yeddyurappa by way of ‘Operation Kamala.”
“In 2013, we fulfilled 158 of the 165 guarantees and launched 30 new programmes. The BJP made 600 guarantees in 2018, of which 50 to 60 weren’t fulfilled, ” the minister claimed.
Siddaramaiah stated by imposing an 18 per cent tax on pens, pencils, books, and yoghurt, the federal government had put extra burden on the widespread man.
Nonetheless, he added that Congress has determined to offer ₹20,00 per 30 days to each home proprietor and 200 models of electrical energy per 30 days totally free.