BENGALURU: Opposition BJP leaders slammed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for not attending the NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, and urged him to give a convincing and credible explanation to the people for skipping the important meeting.
“Chief Minister Siddaramaiah missed the NITI Aayog meeting because he wanted to attend functions in his home district Mysuru. What was more important? The Congress government did not even send its representative to the meeting. I am told they simply forgot about the meeting,” said BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya.
Chief Whip of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council N Ravi Kumar said, “Siddaramaiah owes a convincing and credible explanation to the people as to why he skipped the NITI Aayog meet.”
The meet was crucial, where vital issues pertaining to development of the state were discussed in great detail. That the chief minister chose to skip such an important event, that too without any tangible reason, speaks volumes of Siddaramaiah’s commitment to the state’s development, he stated. “I wish Siddaramaiah and his team become more mature and sober in their attitude towards political and ideological opponents,” Ravi Kumar stated.
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka said Siddaramaiah has time to eat samosas and kachoris at a cricket stadium, but not to engage with the central government. The Congress government is looting people in Bengaluru under the guise of a garbage cess, with the cess for a 30x40 sqft house increased from Rs 120 to Rs 720, a 500 per cent hike. Apartment residents who manage their own waste face a cess increase from Rs 1,800 to Rs 18,000, he alleged.
Ashoka said rain has damaged various parts of the state, yet no minister has visited the affected areas. He urged the government to open Covid wards in all hospitals and ensure medicine supply.