"I had called JD(S) as BJP's B-team, it is getting proved now. JD(S) people used to get angry at me when I called them B-team. Also, they have named themselves as Secular -- Janata Dal (Secular) -- but have joined hands with the communal party," said Siddaramaiah.
National farmer leaders led by Chukki Nanjundaswamy and Rakesh Tikait, of Samyukta Kisan Morcha met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday in Bengaluru and discussed various farmer issues.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that social and economic inequality has continued to exist as the country's wealth and production are accumulating in the hands of a few individuals.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Thursday took part in the Yatra, taken out in Ramanagara, to celebrate and commemorate one year of 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'.
Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Thursday that the Centre had stocks of rice available but with a political motive they have stopped it across the country, not only for Karnataka in order to scuttle state’s efforts to implement the Anna Bhagya scheme.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah questioned the officials as to why no charge sheet has been registered against the accused in caste atrocity cases and caste atrocity murder cases even after 120 days and warned that action should be taken against the SPs and DCPs.
Reacting to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's allegation that the ruling party denied rice to the people of Karnataka, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said the Congress party was jealous of the chair of PM Modi.
CM also said that the Constitution of the country was adopted on November 26, 1949. 'Since then it has been known as India. What is the need to change it now,' he said.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah opined that the mentality that killed Mahatma Gandhi, who lived a very pious life, killed Gauri Lankesh, Dabholkar, Pansare and MM Kalburgi.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday expressed his concern over the increasing number of human-wild animal conflicts in the State and instructed the forest officials to adopt scientific measures to control the animals from entering the villages.