No misunderstanding between me and Sriramulu, tweets Sudhakar

Team Udayavani, Apr 4, 2020, 12:40 PM IST

Bengaluru: After speculation was rife that Health Minister Sriramulu and Medical Education Minister Sudhakar, who has been tasked with COVID-19 matters, do not see eye to eye, the education minister on Saturday, April 4 clarified that all is well between them.

Taking to Twitter Sudhakar wrote, “We are not small kids to fight during such a serious situation. We have our own responsibility to stop the spread of COVID-19 and both are busy with it. Our political rivals are simply creating a rumour that I and Sriramulu engaged in a cold war.”

ಇಂತಹ ಸಂದಿಗ್ದ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮುನಿಸಿನ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಮಾಡಲು ನಾವು ಸಣ್ಣ ಮಕ್ಕಳಲ್ಲ. ನಮ್ಮದೇ ಆದ ಜವಬ್ದಾರಿಗಳಿವೆ. ಈ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಸುದ್ದಿಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ನೀಚ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಷಡ್ಯಂತ್ರವಿದೆ.

— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) April 4, 2020

He further added, “I and Sriramulu are like brothers we both share a very good relationship with each other. We both are working hand in hand to fight COVID-19.”

ನನ್ನ ಮತ್ತು ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಚಿವರಾದ ಶ್ರೀರಾಮುಲು ಅವರ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಭಿನ್ನಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯವಿಲ್ಲ. ಕೊರೋನಾ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಟೊಂಕ ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಹೋರಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಮಾತುಕತೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗೆ ಪರಿಹಾರ ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ನಾನು ಮತ್ತು ಶ್ರೀರಾಮುಲು ಅವರು ಅಣ್ಣ-ತಮ್ಮಂದಿರಂತೆ ಈ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಜನರ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗಾಗಿ ಶ್ರಮಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ.

— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) April 4, 2020

Earlier on Friday, April 3 reports emerged that COVID-19 fight had been hit by lack of coordination between health minister B Sriramulu and medical education minister K Sudhakar and therefore the government fielded primary and secondary education minister S Suresh Kumar was appointed as pointsman to brief the media about the pandemic update.