“Now the eighth member of the family (Deve Gowda family) has entered politics,” Siddaramaiah said.
Bangalore:
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday took a dig at JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda during his recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as he once again called the regional party a ‘B-team’. The ruling BJP and also accused it of being involved in family politics.
The Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly also accused the ruling BJP of “dividing people and society in the name of Hindutva”.
“JD(S) is the party of family politics, now the eighth member of the family (Deve Gowda family) has entered politics. The remaining members of the family will also become (elected representatives). Where they can win, they field the family members. Where they lose, they will field others. This is family politics,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
Speaking after JD(S) former MLC CR Manohar, former BJP MLA Nagaraju and their supporters were inducted into the party, the former chief minister questioned whether Gowda had ever opposed the anti-cow slaughter law, which he had brought. BJP government.
“He (Gowda) is now showing ‘Bhai-Bhai’ with PM Narendra Modi. He (JDS) formed the government with PM Modi’s party in the past. That’s why we call him the B-team of BJP. … JD(S) is a B-team, they have no ideology, they indulge in opportunistic politics,” he said, adding that only Congress can stick to its ideology and fight against the “communal” BJP. .
Mr Siddaramaiah was referring to the show of camaraderie between Modi and Deve Gowda during a recent meeting, amid discussions on a possible settlement between the two parties for the upcoming Legislative Council elections.
Alleging that the BJP is a communal party which does politics on the basis of religion, Mr Siddaramaiah said that there is no place for a religion-based political system in the country’s constitution, which calls for the establishment of a secular country.
The Congress party alone can take all communities and religions together and treat all equally, he said, as he accused the BJP of anti-minority and against weaker sections of the society and dividing the country in the name of Hindutva. charged up.
The party’s state president DK Shivakumar today welcomed all those who joined the Congress saying that they have joined BJP and JD(S) without any preconditions.
“There is no difference between the old and the new in the party, once anyone joins us, he is part of us. Without indulging in the personality cult, work for the party. The wind is in favor of Congress across the state. It is going on, you have seen in the assembly by-polls and we hope to win more and more seats in the council elections to be held on December 10 as well.”
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