Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Annamalai on Saturday (20 May 2023) took a jibe at the newly formed Congress government in Karnataka saying that the Nobel Peace Prize should be given to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar if the duo doesn’t fight by 2024. He also predicted the “collapse” of the state government within a year.
Annamalai said, “The way that constitution of India is designed, the council of ministers with the boss as Chief Minister, the Chief Minister and the council of ministers are accountable to the honorable Governor that’s how the current constitutional governance in India is. In Karnataka what we read in Newspaper is, one Chief Minister will rule for two and half years, another chief minister will rule for two and half years. Till then one guy will get Deputy Chief Minister Post, one Chief Minister will get ten ministers, another chief ministers will get ten ministers, the AICC will get 10 ministers, totally 30. Have you seen this kind of structure anywhere in the world? There has to be one accountability of the Chief Minister, but here there is three accountabilities.”
K Annamalai said, “I see Karnataka government collapsing like a pack of cards a year from now. If DK Shivakumar and Siddharamaih don’t fight by 2024, then the Nobel Peace Prize should be given to both of them, because the structure of the government is itself faulty.” He said, “Both leaders will be CM for 2.5 years. Siddharamaih, Shivakumar, and AICC have 10 ministers each. What kind of structure is this?”
He also questioned that when there is no unity between the congress, then where is the opposition unity?
He further said that this is only putting mirror to the country that how opportunistic these leaders have become.
“And I see no opposition unity continuing beyond the swearing-in ceremony.”, Annamalai said
#WATCH | "I see Karnataka govt collapsing like a pack of cards a year from now. If DK Shivakumar and Siddharamiah don't fight by 2024, then the Nobel peace prize should be given to both of them…": BJP Tamil Nadu President K Annamalai takes a jibe at Congress govt in Karnataka pic.twitter.com/2Dv87UbVQz
— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2023
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