Bengaluru: Shortly after it was officially confirmed that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will be contesting from two assembly seats – Chamundeshwari and Badami in the upcoming polls, a tweet from BJP general secretary P Muralidhar Rao, in Hindi mockingly questioning the Chief minister if he was unsure of a win from Chamundeshwari probably did not have the desired effect.
Taking to Twitter Rao, who is in-charge of Karnataka for the BJP said, “To end your doubt let me clarify that not only your two seats, but entire Karnataka will be Congress Mukt (Congress free).”
However the message in Hindi, that was perhaps aimed at rattling the Chief Minister had a vice-versa effect with Sidddarmaiah’s witty reply winning hearts of netizens, with one BJP supporter even tweeting that this tweet has won the Congress his vote.
Responding to Rao, Siddu in a tweet in Kannada asked Rao to retweet in languages understood by him i.e either Kannada or English.
“Tweet in Kannada or English sir, don’t understand Hindi!”, said the CM.
The Karnataka BJP handle however was quick to point out that the Congress government has used Urdu in the past.
“Siddaramaiah Sir, when you and your party members gave statements in Hindi and Urdu, even we did not understand sir!”, read a tweet from BJP showing two Urdu posters signed off by Congress leaders.
When Rao posed the same question in Kannada, the CM replied saying, “Leaders with pan-Karnataka appeal do not fear contesting from any part of the state,” adding that he was glad that he had taught Rao to tweet in Kannada.
