After CM Siddaramaiah’s dinner meet with 35 Cong MLAs, K’taka BJP mocks Dy CM Shivakumar
Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP has mocked Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar over some big decisions being taken by the government in his absence. Referring to the dinner meeting attended by seven cabinet ministers and 34 MLAs, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the BJP questioned whether Dy CM Shivakumar was merely a leader in name.Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashoka, stated on Friday that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, seemingly waiting for Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to leave on a foreign trip, held a dinner meeting with 35 MLAs at Minister Satish Jarkiholi’s residence to assert his influence.Addressing Shivakumar, Ashoka said, “In your absence, cabinet meetings are being held, and significant decisions, such as a 1...