PM Narendra Modi was in Bengaluru to interact with ISRO scientists for the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3. (Image: @Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ/Twitter)
The Congress clicked pictures of BJP leaders, including state president Nalin Kumar Nateel, and put them on X (formerly Twitter) and said the BJP high command was least bothered about state leaders
Karnataka Congress took a dig at leaders of the state unit of the BJP for being spotted behind barricades to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengaluru on Saturday. The prime minister was in the city to interact with ISRO scientists for the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s south pole.
The Congress clicked pictures of BJP leaders, including state president Nalin Kumar Nateel, and put them on X (formerly Twitter) and said the BJP high command was least bothered about state leaders and, hence, it was doubtful if a new president will even be appointed since the current one was on the streets.
ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ನಾಯಕರಿಗೆ ಹೈಕಮಾಂಡ್ ನಾಯಕರು ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನೂ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ.ಮೋದಿಯ ಕೋಪ ತಣ್ಣಗಾಗುವವರೆಗೆವಿರೋಧ ಪಕ್ಷದ ನಾಯಕನ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಆಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಮೋದಿ ಕೋಪ ತಣ್ಣಗಾಗುವುದೂ ಇಲ್ಲ!
ಬಿಜೆಪಿಗೆ ಹೊಸ ರಾಜ್ಯಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ನೇಮಕ ಆಗುವುದೂ ಅನುಮಾನ, ಹಾಲಿ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಬೀದಿ ಪಾಲಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ!@BJP4Karnataka ಅಬ್ಬೇಪಾರಿಯಾಗಿದೆ… pic.twitter.com/Gz2tJL2B7O
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) August 26, 2023
ರಾಜಕೀಯವಾಗಿ, ಸೈದ್ದಂತಿಕವಾಗಿ ವಿರೋಧಿಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ @BJP4Karnataka ನಾಯಕರ ದುರಾವಸ್ಥೆ ನೋಡಿ ಕರುಣೆ ಹುಟ್ಟುತ್ತಿದೆ!ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ಮುಂದೆ ಬ್ಯಾರಿಕೆಡ್ ಬಂಧಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಗಮನ ಸೆಳೆಯಲು ಹರಸಾಹಸ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ನಾಯಕರು ಸ್ವಾಭಿಮಾನ, ಆತ್ಮಗೌರವವನ್ನು ಬೀದಿಪಾಲು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು ಕರುಣಾಜನಕವಾಗಿದೆ.
ಹೈಕಮಾಂಡ್‌ನಿಂದ ಇಷ್ಟೊಂದು ತಿರಸ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ… pic.twitter.com/2fEXz2PvEo
— Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ (@PriyankKharge) August 26, 2023
State rural development and panchayat raj minister Priyank Kharge put some more such pictures on X, saying the BJP leaders tried their best to display their leadership abilities for the post of leader of opposition and a new state president but the BJP’s top leadership was not interested in them.
“BJP leaders situation is similar to that of actor’s fans turning up on the first day, first show to get attention. In the same way the BJP leaders too tried there level best to get the attention of the PM for the leader of opposition post and the new state president post. They stood on the barricade also. They tried their level best to display their leadership quality but party high command is not interested,” Kharge said on X.
The Karnataka BJP was quick in its response as it lashed out at the Congress. Reposting the pictures on X, the saffron camp asked the Congress to “grow up”. It said the prime minister was in the city to congratulate ISRO scientists and not for a party meeting.
ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ಶ್ರೀ ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಮೋದಿಯವರು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದು ಚಂದ್ರಯಾನದ ಅಭೂತಪೂರ್ವ ಯಶಸ್ಸಿನ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಸ್ರೋ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳನ್ನು ಅಭಿನಂದಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕೇ ಹೊರತು ಪಕ್ಷದ ಸಭೆಗಲ್ಲ. ಆದಾಗ್ಯೂ ನಮ್ಮ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಪ್ರಮುಖರು ಜನಸಾಮಾನ್ಯರಂತೆ ನಿಂತು ಅವರ ಸಂತಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡು ಅವರೊಡನೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಅಭಿಮಾನ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸಿರುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಳುಕು… https://t.co/U5PdjFJTBm— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) August 26, 2023
Hours before Modi’s visit to ISRO, there was a war of words between the two parties over standard protocols after the PMO said only government officials should come to welcome him and not chief minister Siddaramaiah.