The opposition BJP came down heavily on the Congress government in Karnataka on Friday for 'flaunting rich fortune and luxury lifestyles' after a video went viral showing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his cabinet colleague BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan in a private jet.
Screengrab of the viral video/ X
The opposition BJP came down heavily on the Congress government in Karnataka on Friday for 'flaunting rich fortune and luxury lifestyles' after a video went viral showing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his cabinet colleague BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan in a private jet. In the video, Siddaramaiah is seen along with Housing Minister Khan and Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, among others.
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Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra said: "If bigotry had a face, @INCKarnataka govt would be the Best of it! At a time, when the whole of Karnataka is reeling under severe drought, farmers staring at the worst of crisis with loss of crops & no rainfall & hardly any development works taking off, all that @CMofKarnataka & his team of cabinet ministers could think of is flaunting their Rich Fortunes & Luxury Lifestyles over the poor damsels of the State!"
"ಯಾರದ್ದೋ ದುಡ್ಡು ಎಲ್ಲಮ್ಮನ ಜಾತ್ರೆ
— Vijayendra Yediyurappa (@BYVijayendra) December 22, 2023
ಜನರ ದುಡ್ಡು ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಾತ್ರೆ".
ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಆಡಳಿತದಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಬರಗಾಲದಿಂದ ಬೇಯುತ್ತಿದೆ, ರೈತರು ಆತ್ಮ ಹತ್ಯೆಗೆ ಶರಣಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯರ ಬದುಕು ಅಸಹನೀಯ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ತಲುಪಿದೆ, ಇಂಥಾ ಗಭೀರ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲೂ ಶ್ರೀಮಂತಿಕೆಯ ದರ್ಪ ತೋರುವ, ಮೋಜು, ಮಸ್ತಿಯೇ ತನ್ನ ಜೀವನ ಶೈಲಿ ಎಂದು… pic.twitter.com/Bx5VLq1hsB
"By the way, they were travelling in this luxurious aircraft to seek funds for drought relief works! What a crude mockery of our distress! Splurging the Tax payers money comes so easy for @INCIndia ministers!" Vijayendra said in a post on 'X'.
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