When HDK is out on bail, BJP has no moral right to seek my resignation: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

Referring to the ongoing confrontation between Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and the Congress government in Karnataka, Mr Siddaramaiah pointed out that Governors were nominated and not elected by the people.

Firmly rejecting demands for his resignation in the wake of the special court’s direction to Lokayukta police to register a case against him in the alleged irregularities in allotment of sites of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah questioned BJP’s moral right to seek his resignation when Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H. D. Kumaraswamy is out on bail.

Speaking to reporters in Mysuru airport on September 27, Mr Siddaramaiah pointed out that an FIR had been registered against Mr Kumaraswamy, who is part of the BJP-led government at the Centre. “He is out on bail. What moral right does the BJP have to seek my resignation?”

Further, he pointed out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not step down as Chief Minister of Gujarat in the wake of Godhra riots, which claimed several lives. “The BJP is seeking my resignation only to destabilise the Congress government in Karnataka.”

The BJP, which had come to power in Karnataka only through the ‘back door’, is unable to execute ‘Operation Kamala’ in which they lure MLAs from the ruling party to form their own government. The BJP is unable to carry out ‘Operation Kamala’ as the Congress has 136 MLAs in the 224-members Assembly in Karnataka.

Mr Siddaramaiah reiterated that he had not committed any wrong and will fight the case against him in the alleged MUDA scam legally. While he claimed to have done nothing against the Constitution and the law, he accused the BJP of comprising corrupt leaders.

Mr Siddaramaiah insisted that the Congress government enjoys the support of the people.

Mr Siddaramaiah said the BJP is targeting him because the saffron party is ‘afraid’ of him. He pointed out that the case against him in the alleged MUDA scam is the first ‘political’ case against him in his political career.