Prime Minister Narendra Modis tweet expressing concern over the floods in Bihar drew the ire of leaders of Opposition parties, who alleged he lacked sympathy for the flood victims in Karnataka as no special grants have been released.
A BJP MLA too was of the view that Modi did not care much for the Karnataka victims as much as he did for those flood-hit people in Bihar.
The Karnataka leaders minced no words to highlight the alleged indifference of Centre towards the Karnataka and slammed the 25 BJP Lok Sabha members for their alleged inaction to draw the Centres attention towards the agony of the flood victims.
The Prime Minister had tweeted on Monday, "Spoke to Nitish Kumar Ji regarding the flood situation in parts of the state. Agencies are working with the local administration to assist the affected. Centre stands ready to provide all possible further assistance that may be required."
Following the tweet, the ruling BJP MLA from Vijayapura city Basanagouda Patil Yatnal said Modis tweet made people conclude that he has concerns for Bihar flood victims and not with those affected in Karnataka.
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said people were forced to conclude that the Prime Minister did not bother.
"People are commenting on Facebook that the Prime Minister tweets about Bihar and not about Karnataka, maybe because there are no immediate elections here. The party should take this seriously, otherwise it will lose its base in the South," Yatnal opined.
The BJP MLA even claimed that two power centres have emerged in the party — one in Delhi and the other in Bengaluru, with the former wanting to (politically) finish off Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
Alleging that whatever was happening in Karnataka was target-based politics, he said, "Just to finish off a person, you cannot finish off Karnataka."
Reacting to Modi's tweet, former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah sought to know why there was 'hatred' for Karnataka and no response from Modi despite the severe floods having ravaged many parts of the State.