Bengaluru: Dealing with flak over concerns, including his singing of the RSS anthem, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday stated he would stay mum which the celebration’s representatives be approached for talk about any topic. Shivakumar has actually likewise been criticised by BJP for mentioning that “Chamundeswari hill is not exclusive property of Hindus”
Mysuru MP and scion of the Mysuru Royal household, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraj Wadiyar had actually called Shivakumar’s declaration on his household divine being as “hurting”
“It’s a very painful and ridiculous statement. At a time when people are worshipping the Goddess Gouri and Ganesha, a statement was given that hurts the Hindu sentiments, which is condemnable,” Wadiyar, a BJP MP, stated. On Thursday, Shivakumar took a swipe at Wadiyar.
“You see, people don’t tolerate when I speak some facts, be it Pramoda Devi (member of the Mysuru royal family), Yaduveer Krishnadatta Wadiyar or inside the Assembly,” a noticeably upset Deputy CM informed press reporters.
He stated, “People’s only job is to find fault in whatever I utter — be it politicians, journalists or anybody else. This is what is going on. Better not to speak. There are other leaders and party spokesperson. You (reporters) better speak to them.” Press reporters approached Shivakumar for BJP nationwide basic secretary B L Santhosh’s post on ‘X’.
Targeting the Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for supposedly making Shivakumar apologise for his recital of RSS anthem inside the Karnataka Assembly on August 21, Santhosh published on ‘X’: “Let that sink in …@INCIndia under @RahulGandhi will never tolerate anything concerned with nationalism. They hate it tooth & nail & want everyone who are there with them to oppose anything that is nationalist.”
The BJP has actually introduced a vehement attack on the Congress for selecting Banu Mushtaq, a Kannada literatteur from Muslim neighborhood who won Booker Prize for her book ‘Heart Lamp’, to inaugurate the Dasara celebrations this year.
Declaring that Mushtaq has no regard for Goddess Bhuvaneshwari, another kind of Goddess Chamundeshwari, the BJP leaders alerted that they would release a motion versus the state federal government’s choice. Dealing with criticism from some celebration employees for his RSS anthem recital, Shivakumar, who is likewise state Congress president, just recently tendered an apology.