Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Feb 6: Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a frontal attack on the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government, the chief minister on Tuesday Februay 6 said he was 'happy' the PM was talking about corruption and 'invited' him to 'walk the talk'.
Modi had irked the Karnataka CM with his comment, among several, that Siddaramaiah’s was a '10 percent commission' government during his Karnataka visit on February 4.
Asking Modi to practice what he preaches, Siddaramaiah tweeted four major controversies for the PM to initiate his action on.
The issues included appointment of Lok Pal, probe into Judge Loya's death, investigation into the astronomical rise of Amit Shah's son Jay Shah and the last one being the appointment of an untainted person as BJP's CM candidate in Karnataka.
He tweeted," I am glad PM @narendramodi is talking about corruption. I now invite him to #WalktheTalk . For a start can you
1. Appoint Lok Pal
2. Investigate #JudgeLoya ‘s death
3. Investigate the astronomical rise of #Jayshah
4. Appoint an untainted person as your CM candidate ? (sic)"
"Modi should realize he is the Prime Minister of the country before making irresponsible statements and terming Karnataka as a 10 percent commission government. Why does he not question Yeddurappa, who has also been to jail on corruption charges. Why not ask Yeddyurappa on what happened during his tenure," he lashed out.
He also said that the people were waiting for the PM to address on the Mahadayi row but there was no mention of it.
He also questioned if Modi was the right candidate to lead the country with "his bundle of lies and politically motivated baseless allegations."
Taking the war with acronyms which is currently happening between two parties to the next level, Congress described the NDA government as "Not Doing Anything!"