Karnataka’s political arena crackled Tuesday with Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s fierce onslaught against CM Siddaramaiah, blaming him for governance neglect amid phone tapping accusations. The scandal swirls around alleged taps on Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar’s devices, fueled by his CM aspirations—denials from Siddaramaiah notwithstanding.
Kumaraswamy’s X tirade highlighted a CM ‘more answer-obsessed than action-oriented.’ Backed by media narratives, he framed his retorts as public-domain responses, void of fabrications.
Securing 140 assembly seats, yet mired in internal strife, the Congress administration drew Kumaraswamy’s ire for favoring power grabs over progress. He tied the taps to Congress’s ‘throne battle,’ a narrative resonating across political divides.
‘Answer straight, don’t divert,’ he implored. Kumaraswamy rejected personal tapping history, citing his precarious yet principled CM phases sans brute majority.
Congress’s democratic deficits—from Emergency excesses to today’s leader rifts and press pressures via ads—earned sharp rebukes. Democracy, he stressed, rejects MLA infighting, top-brass showdowns, and divisive caste-religious maneuvers.
Targeting Siddaramaiah’s Modi drags and rival persecutions, Kumaraswamy labeled a key probe the ‘SIT’ for selective justice. Nostalgically noting the CM’s old affiliations, he predicted history’s impartial reckoning.
This confrontation spotlights Congress fractures, jeopardizing Karnataka’s administrative steadiness in a high-stakes tussle.