Prostitute remark | I was referring to BJP not JDS: Siddu

Team Udayavani, Sep 1, 2019, 1:12 PM IST

Bengaluru: Congress leader Siddaramaiah has issued a clarification for an objectionable comment against his party’s former ally Janata Dal-Secular, saying he was referring to the BJP.

The remark in which he had compared the party with a “prostitute”, triggered a fresh row between the two parties.

The two-party have locking heads since a month blaming each other for the National election debacle with the war of words between the JDS party chief HD Deve Gowda and former chief minister of Karnataka Siddaramiah each blaming the other for the fall of the government.

On Friday, in response to a query on the JDS’ attack against Siddaramiah had uttered a Kannada proverb. “Incapable of dancing, a prostitute called the dance floor uneven.

After his remark sparked a controversy, with both the JDS and BJP slamming him, he issued a clarification.

“I was referring to the BJP. It is a very common proverb in the rural areas around Mysuru. Those who cannot run the government call the floor uneven,” he told PTI

JDS leader Ramesh Babu has slammed the leader for his comment. “Siddaramaiah’s statement in Mysuru reflects on his conduct. If a leader loses control over his language, it shows his frustration.

“JDS is like paradise for those who love it. It doesn’t affect it if someone makes a hue and cry against it. It is fact that during the coalition government both Congress and the JDS had danced together,” he tweeted.

It can be recalled that, after 14 months in power, the fragile Congress-JDS alliance collapsed in June after it failed a trust vote. May blamed Siddaramiah for the fiasco as many of the rebel MLAs were considered his loyalists