Siddaramaiah gives zero score to BJP government in K'taka

Bengaluru: As the BJP government in Karnataka is all set to complete 100 days in office on November 2, Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday gave a score of “zero” for Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led ministry, alleging no development work had happened.

Calling Yediyurappa a “weak Chief Minister”, the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly said transfers, “wooing” disqualified MLAs were the main achievement of this government so far.

“Where is the performance or achievement to score, there is nothing…zero, zero,” the former Chief Minister said to a question on his score for the Yediyurappa government.

He said, “There is no development work that has happened under this administration, what they have done is, one-transfers, second- made 17 MLAs resign, then they have allocated more funds to disqualified MLAs constituency while withdrawing what was allocated to Congress-JD(S) MLAs, this is their achievement.”

“Is this the all-round development of the state? This is the state-of-affairs. Transfers have been happening like anything…this is their hundred days rule. Yediyurappa has to pat his own back that’s all,” he said adding the government was running in “reverse.”

Siddaramaiah was speaking to reporters during a meet-the-press programme organised by the Press Club of Bengaluru and Reporters Guild, on the backdrop of the Yediyurappa government completing 100 days in office.