In petty spat, Siddaramaiah and Kumaraswamy call each other vultures

Politics

As the Congress and JD(S) have severed their alliance, the long-time rivals are back at hurling insults against each other.

TNM Staff

Two former Karnataka chief ministers Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy are indulging in a petty spat, with the duo likening each other to “vultures”. Early on Tuesday, Congress senior leader Siddaramaiah tweeted, “Yes Kumaraswamy, the parrot I trusted turned out to be a vultures. That is my mistake. Despite four decades of experience as a politician, I believed an vulture to be a parrot and formed an alliance with them. Won’t it sting? Is there a bigger lesson than what experience can teach you?” ಹೌದು, @hd_kumaraswamy ಅವರೇ, ನಾನೇ ನಂಬಿದ ಗಿಣಿಗಳು ಹದ್ದಾಗಿ ಕಾಡಿದ್ದು ನಿಜ. ನನ್ನದೇ ತಪ್ಪು, ನಾಲ್ಕು ದಶಕಗಳ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಒಡನಾಟದ ಅನುಭವದ ನಂತರವೂ ಹದ್ದನ್ನು ಗಿಣಿಯೆಂದು ಭ್ರಮಿಸಿ ಮೈತ್ರಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡೆವು. ಕುಕ್ಕದೇ ಬಿಡುತ್ತಾ? ಅನುಭವಕ್ಕಿಂತ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಪಾಠ ಏನಿದೆ ಹೇಳಿ?@INCKarnataka — Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) September 24, 2019 Then in a series of tweets later in the day, he further lashed out against Kumaraswamy saying the latter had “used” him. “Deve Gowda was the one who raised you,” Siddaramaiah said, adding, “Using and throwing is a lesson you learnt early in life. You can ask Yeddyurappa, he will also confirm the same.” ಸನ್ಮಾನ್ಯ @hd_kumaraswamy ಅವರೇ, ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ನಾನು ಸಾಕಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಎಂದು ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೆ? ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಸಾಕಿದ್ದು ದೇವೇಗೌಡರು (@H_D_Devegowda), ಬಳಸಿಕೊಂಡದ್ದು ಮಾತ್ರ ನಮ್ಮಂತಹವರನ್ನು. ಬಳಸಿ ಬಿಸಾಡುವ ಪಾಠವನ್ನು ನೀವು ಬಹುಬೇಗ ಕಲಿತುಬಿಟ್ಟಿರಿ. ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ @BSYBJP ಅವರನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ,ಹೇಳ್ತಾರೆ. 3/1 — Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) September 24, 2019 ಸನ್ಮಾನ್ಯ @hd_kumaraswamy ಅವರೇ, ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕೂಡಾ ಬೆಳೆಸಿದ್ದು ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಜನತೆ.ನಮ್ಮ ಪಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಜನ ನೀಡಿದ ಆಶೀರ್ವಾದದ ಬಲದಿಂದ ನಾನು 5 ವರ್ಷ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದೇ ಹೊರತು ಯಾವುದೇ ಹದ್ದು-ಗಿಣಿಗಳ ಹಂಗಿನಿಂದಲ್ಲ. @INCKarnataka 2/3 — Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) September 24, 2019 ಬೇರೆ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳ ಹೆಗಲ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೂತು ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಯಾದ‌ @hd_kumaraswamy ಅವರೇ, ನೀವು ಸ್ವಂತ ಬಲದಿಂದ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಯಾಗಲೂ ಎಂದಾದರೂ ಸಾಧ್ಯವೇ?@INCKarnataka 3/3 — Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) September 24, 2019 Siddaramaiah further said that while he had become chief minister in the state due to the people of the state and the party, Kumaraswamy had sat “on the shoulders of other parties” to attain that position. “Can you ever become the chief minister by your own right?” Siddaramaiah questions Kumaraswamy. Kumaraswamy also responding to Siddaramaiah’s statements. Speaking to the media, Kumaraswamy said, “It was under Siddaramaiah's leadership that Deve Gowda, the JD(S) candidate in Mandya (Nikhil Kumaraswamy) and even the Congress candidate from Kolar KH Muniyappa lost. Its pitiable that a seven-time MP like Muniyappa was stung by his own party man. He said that I am a vulture. Who stung Muniyappa? Who is the vulture?” After Kumaraswamy response, Siddaramaiah further retorted, and made a comment about Kumaraswamy not being “in possession of his mental faculties”. “Which party does GT Devegowda (Chamundeshwari MLA) belong to? JD(S) right. A couple of days ago, he openly said that Kumaraswamy had asked the JD(S) to support the BJP candidate in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar. GT Devegowda is not from Congress. He is a JD(S) MLA and a former minister in Kumaarswamy's cabinet. So, who is staging a drama now? Me or Kumaraswamy?” Siddaramaiah said, speaking to media persons. Things have been bitter between Congress and JD(S) after the Karnataka government fell and the coalition could not maintain majority. Recently, the JD(S) also announced that the party would not allying with either BJP or Congress for the upcoming bye-elections.  

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