Karnataka CM calls BJP MP Subramanian Swamy a ‘freelance politician’

On Wednesday, September 15, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai created a stir as he referred to BJP MP Subramanian Swamy as a “freelance politician”. Speaking at a debate within the Karnataka Assembly, the CM mentioned that Swamy’s character and forte has been to talk in opposition to his personal social gathering and its management.
“You know well about Subramanian Swamy. Whichever party he is in, he is like a freelance politician. He says whatever comes to his mind. Based on his analysis, he keeps saying things,” Basavaraj S Bommai mentioned.
Bommai mentioned Swamy spoke in opposition to the management of the Janata Party after which Janata Dal as nicely. “While being in the government, he spoke against the then Prime Minister Chandrashekhar. It is the character and forte of Subramanian Swamy,” he added.
Karnataka CM touch upon Subramanian Swamy got here after Siddaramaiah talked about latter’s Tweet the place he shared faux knowledge about petrol costs in India
The Karnataka Chief Minister’s comment got here after the chief of opposition Siddaramaiah cited a tweet by Subramanian Swamy from February, whereby the BJP chief had shared faux knowledge about petrol costs in India.
Swamy had in February taken a jibe at petrol costs in India by invoking the Ramayana. He mentioned that petrol price Rs. 92 in “Ram’s India”, Rs 53 in “Sita’s Nepal” and Rs 51 in “Ravan’s Lanka”. OpIndia had then written intimately how the disgruntled chief’s Tweet, which might solely be described as a ‘WhatsApp forward’, was distant from actuality.
It’s no secret that Subramanian Swamy has been irritated by his exclusion from the federal government, as he hoped to be a minister within the Modi govt. He is often seen on social media spreading misinformation and baseless allegations. He just lately floated conspiracy theories, claiming that the siege of the Red Fort on Republic Day was a PMO plot. He additionally launched an anti-vaccine tirade in response to the Modi authorities’s Covid-19 vaccine drive.
Meanwhile, quoting this Tweet, Siddaramaiah had taken a dig on the BJP Govt for the rising gas costs and its cascading affect on different commodities. The senior Congress chief and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who had just lately, with different Congress leaders, launched into a protest march in bullock carts in opposition to the value of gas, LPG cylinder, and each day commodities, quipped within the Assembly: “It’s not me who has mentioned this however Subramanian Swamy, who’s a sitting Rajya Sabha member of the BJP. He was your father’s (former CM Late SR Bommai) buddy.
He had additionally challenged the BJP management to sack Swamy if he was not proper. “I have no objection if the BJP leadership tolerates his statement. Don’t forget that he is an economist and you have made him your Rajya Sabha member,” Siddaramaiah mentioned.
To this, Bommai acknowledged that certainly Swamy is a genius in economics and the social gathering has all the time given him due credit score.
Subramanian Swamy hits again at Karnataka CM
However, Bommai’s comment didn’t go completed nicely with Subramanian Swamy, who has off late been extraordinarily vital in opposition to his personal social gathering and has not wasted any probability to take pot-shots in opposition to the Modi authorities.
Swamy in a Tweet hit again on the Karnataka CM saying that he didn’t rise in politics by “bootlicking but by propagating the truth”.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai calls Subramanian Swamy a ‘freelance politician’ —I didn’t change into six time period MP[3 in LS] and twice in Minister rank by boot-licking however by propagating the reality important for a vibrant democracyhttps://t.co/E1JOlw8a21— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) September 16, 2021
Karnataka Congress journey bullock carts to protest rising gas costs
Lately, the Karnataka Congress has been utilizing the excessive gas costs in India as a device to launch an assault on the BJP authorities. On August 13, a number of Congress leaders rode on bullock carts to the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha to mark their protest in opposition to the value of gas, LPG cylinder, and each day commodities. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.Ok. Shivakumar and Opposition chief Siddaramaiah and a number of other different key leaders joined within the protest and travelled to the state meeting in bullock carts. 
However, whereas they have been at it, two Congress MLAs, Venkataramanappa and BK Sangamesh fell off the bullock carts within the melee witnessed in the course of the protest rally. 
The purpose of the demonstration was to focus on the ruling dispensation’s failure to arrest the rising inflation on the primary day of the state meeting session.