The political turmoil in Karnataka in the wake of two MLAs withdrawing support to the coalition Government of the Congress and the JD(S) led to a Twitter war between Congress strongman Siddaramaiah and the BJP. Siddaramaiah launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him whether his slogan ‘Saaf Niyat’ (Clean intention) meant a coup and grabbing power.
The former Chief Minister was active on Twitter from the morning, attacking the BJP as it became clear to theCongress leadership that Independent MLA H Nagesh fromMulabagal and the lone MLA of rookie Karnataka PrajnyavantaJanata Paksha R Shankar from Rane Bennur constituency Tuesday would withdraw support to the coalition Government and align with the BJP.
“Mr. Saaf Niyat @narendramodi, Is allowing your disgraceful @BJP4Karnataka leaders to destabilise govt a ‘Saaf Niyat’ towards democracy? Your PR slogans don’t hide your actual ‘Niyat’ & your ‘Sahi Vikas’ should go beyond developingResorts. First show your Niyat to people!!” Siddaramaiah tweeted.
Taunting BJP leaders for huddling their MLAs in a resort as they had done in the past, Siddaramaiah said the BJP always hadGandha Niyat (bad intention) and ‘Resort Vikas’ (promoting resort politics). He also took a dig at ‘Operation Lotus’, the alleged attempt to destabilise the government.
“@BJP4India has a legacy of ‘Gandha Niyat, Resort Vikas’. Their ‘Operation Kamala’ is not new & they will indulge whenever they feel politically threatened. Recent miserableloss in 5 States is the result of their ongoing attempt in Karnataka
which will fail #Gandha-NiyatResortVikas,” he said.