Siddaramaiah hit statement: Aswath Narayan regrets his statement

Minister Ashwattha Narayan's statement saying that Siddaramaiah should be shot like Tipu was shot has become a huge controversy in the state politics.

Siddaramaiah had made a provocative statement against minister Ashwattha Narayan Tipu Sultan during a BJP workers' event held in the premises of Kamba Narasimhaswamy temple in Satanur outskirts of Mandya district.

It's not like I said those words personally. They are politically and ideologically speaking. I have no personal grudge against Siddaramaiah. It is minute work for Siddaramaiah to distort what I have said. Minister Dr Ashwatthanarayan reiterated that I am sorry if Siddaramaiah's mind was hurt by my words.

This time, Siddaramaiah said that the Congress party should be defeated in the election, 'come with a cow'. For us, the voting machine is Kovi, each vote cast by the voters against the Congress is each bullet. The people have decided to give the final nail to the Congress party in Karnataka.

How Tipu is being exuberant, how Congress party is celebrating his birth anniversary with exuberance. It should be condemned. People should be made aware of it. In the upcoming elections, we should get people's support on our behalf. I have said very clearly that the Congress party should be defeated. We are in a democracy.

We are not in the time of war. In that time we had to win the war and rule. We will rule only if we win today's elections. What I have spoken in this context, I have spoken in a dialect, but not personally.

It seems that the entire Congress party has been spoken. They are working on twisting it. I totally condemn this.

ಪ್ರಧಾನಿಯವರನ್ನು ನರ ಹಂತಕ ಎನ್ನುವುದು, ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಮನೆ ಹಾಳಾಗ ಎನ್ನುವುದು @siddaramaiah ಅವರ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಆಗಿರಬಹುದು.

ಆದರೆ, ಈ ಬಾರಿಯ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಸೋಲಿಸಬೇಕು ಎನ್ನುವ ಅರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಷ್ಟೇ ನಾನು ಆ ಮಾತನ್ನಾಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಅದರಿಂದ ಅವರಿಗೆ ನೋವುಂಟಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ವಿಷಾದಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.

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— Dr. Ashwathnarayan C. N. (@drashwathcn) February 16, 2023