Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru(DC)

Mangaluru, Mar 10: Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday, March 10 took potshots at union home minister Rajnath Singh for his comments at over the recent air strike by Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan.

Siddaramaiah arrived in Mangaluru before leaving to Parivarthan rally of the Congress in Udupi. Speaking to reporters, Siddaramaiah said, "No one should play politics over air strikes which IAF carried out. The forces have won wars against Pakistan under the government led by Indira Gandhi. We have also helped Bangladesh get independence. But no one played politics over it."

It may be recalled that union home minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that other than the surgical strike across the LoC in 2016 and the air strikes inside Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, there was a ‘third strike’ as well. The minister, however, stopped short of providing details of the third one.

Meanwhile commenting on JD(S)-Congress seat sharing formula ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, he said that Mandya constituency might be given to the JD(S) and the candidate is yet to be finalised. He also said that both the parties would fight polls together.

Earlier, Siddaramaiah visited Polali Rajarajeshwari temple along with district in-charge minister U T Khader, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, MLC Ivan D’Souza, former MLA Ramanath Rai, Bantwal MLA Rajesh Naik and other local party leaders.