Kumaraswamy slams BJP over degrading Karnataka CM post

Citing delay in the state cabinet expansion, JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday accused the BJP leadership of degrading the post of Karnataka Chief Minister.

Kumaraswamy also claimed that the Special Protection Group did not let chief minister B S Yediyurappa inside the Raj Bhavan the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi was staying there during his Karnataka visit early this month.

"..this is the plight of the chief minister of our state. Does he need the post of chief minister for this?... This is the situation here," Kumaraswamy said.

BJP spokesperson Go Madhusudan rejected the claims made by Kumaraswamy terming it false and baseless.

Addressing the JD(S) convention here, Kumaraswamy said: "Is this the dignity shown to the Chief Minister? He is not even getting an interview (with party leadership).

He is being pestered on the issue of cabinet expansion," the former chief minister said.

Hitting out at Kumaraswamy, Madhusudan said: "The claims are false and concocted.

The fact is Prime Minister Modi was instrumental in bringing Yediyurappa back to the party fold. The two leaders have devoted five decades in building the party. We deny these statements outright."
"If you think that Yediyurappa is going to do a big favour to the Veerashaiva community, then it is for sure that he will make you repent in future."