Bengaluru
Union Heavy Industries and Steel Minister HD Kumaraswamy, slammed the Congress government for targeting the BS Yediyurappa family after its political vendetta against the HD Deve Gowda family.
The JD(S) leader, who called on the State Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot after his arrival in Bengaluru, attacked the Siddaramaiah government for pursuing the alleged molestation complaint against Yediyurappa and termed the action as political vendetta.
Addressing JD(S) workers at the patty office, he charged that the Congress government is conspiring the arrest the 82-year-old Lingayat leader and attempting to tarnish his image, which was bound to fail.
Kumaraswamy said the Congress government is jealous at his becoming Union Minister and also claimed that the government’s action in the POSCO case against Yediyurappa is very suspicious.
The JD(S) leader questioned the revival of the four-month-old complaint and also alleged that the Siddaramaiah government is ‘desperate to search for anything suspicious in my life. Let them do whatever they want, my goal and objective is only to work for the State and its development, he said.
Kumaraswamy also questioned the police action to erect Shamiyana in front of the police station in the murder case against Kannada film actor Darshan and said such a step is unheard of.
Pouring venom at the Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, without directly naming him, Kumaraswamy claimed that some leaders are unable to sleep after I became Union Minister. They cannot even digest food.
