Siddaramaiah slams BJP president J P Nadda for calling Karnataka govt bribe-free

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday slammed BJP national president J P Nadda for allegedly lying to the people by calling the BJP government in the State bribefreeSiddaramaiahs statement came a day after Nadda at a public meeting in Koppal said all parties barring the BJP work for commissionAfter BJP came to power in the State threeandahalf years ago except loot no developmental work took place You are lying Nadda when you call the BJP government a bribefree government Are you not ashamed the Congress leader said at a public meeting here The Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly ridiculed Naddas statement on Thursday that the Chief Ministers belonging to BJP including the incumbent Basavaraj Bommai and his immediate predecessor B S Yediyurappa go to the people with report cardsYou ask BJP leaders to go to the people with report card but what development did you BJP carry out in the State Yet you call yourself a doubleengine government Siddaramaiah saidThe Congress leader alleged that there is a 40 per cent commission government in Karnataka which is known to everyone in the State The contractor association president too had said the Ministers charge 40 per cent commission he addedEven the walls of Vidhana Soudha are whispering that yours is a corrupt government There is bribe for recruitment transfer promotion and posting They not only collect money in government schemes the Leader of the Opposition saidAlso Read PM Modi Russian President Putin discuss cooperation in areas of energy tradeIn this context Siddaramaiah recalled that a contractor Santosh Patil earlier this year allegedly died by suicide as he could not pay a bribe of 40 per cent for a civil workThe Congress leader claimed that differences have cropped up between Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his predecessor YediyurappaYediyurappa was simply removed from the post of chief minister and in his place Bommai was installed because the BJP wanted someone who can dance to the tune of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh he chargedSiddaramaiah likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a headmaster and Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the assistant headmaster before who people have to stand with their hands tied as no one has the courageThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever