HDK says will respond to Siddaramaiah at an appropriate time

Team Udayavani, Aug 24, 2019, 2:24 PM IST

Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy responding to Siddaramaiah’s allegation said that he will answer to Congress leader Siddaramaiah’s allegation on him and his family related to the collapse of the Congress-JDS government in the state, at an appropriate time.

“I will react to Sidharamaiah’s allegations at an appropriate time, now it is not the right time to react. The political scenario is not right at this point in time. It is time for all secular parties to fight united. Talks of breaking political relationships are not correct,” tweeted Kumaraswamy in Kannada.

Hitting back at H D Deve Gowda, former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday dismissed as baseless and politically motivated the JDS patriarch’s allegation that he was responsible for the collapse of the coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy in Karnataka.

“JDS supremo Deve Gowda has made some allegations against me, they are all baseless, politically motivated and false,” Siddaramaiah told reporters here.

Gowda in the last couple of days has repeatedly blamed Siddaramaiah for the exit of the coalition government. On Thursday, he had said the Congress high command decided to make Kumaraswamy the chief minister without consulting Siddaramaiah and the latter could not digest it.