As Karnataka is set to go to the polls in two months’ time, all parties have sped up their campaigns, putting out lists of candidates, holding rallies, and manifestos and even throwing political jibes at each other using history and fiction.
In February, Karnataka higher education minister C N Ashwath Narayan made a controversial statement asking the public to ‘finish off’ former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah like the 18th Century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan. In a speech, he said, “Siddaramaiah will come to the place of Tipu Sultan. Do you want Veer Savarkar or Tipu Sultan? You have to decide. You know what Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda (apparently soldiers who fought Tipu) did to Tipu Sultan. Likewise, he (Siddaramaiah) should be finished off.”
Later in March, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to visit Mandya city, an arch was erected welcoming the Prime Minister with apparent photos of the historical figures, Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda, on either side.
Siddaramaiah tweeted the image of the viral poster and wrote, “To Welcome PM Modi, the names of fictional characters Uri Gowda-Nanje Gowda have been put up on the arch. Mandya has given unparalleled freedom fighters. It is shameful not only to Mandya, but to the entire people of Karnataka. @CMofKarnataka must Immediately intervene and take down this welcome arch.”
ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರರನನು ನೀಡಿದ ಮಂಡಯಕಕೆ ಮಾತರವಲಲ ಇಡೀ ಕರನಾಟಕದ ಜನತೆಗೆ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ಅವಮಾನ.@CMofKarnataka ತಕಷಣ ಮಧಯೆ ಪರವೇಶಿಸಿ ಈ ಸವಾಗತ ಕಮಾನನನು ಕಿತತು ಹಾಕಿಸಬೇಕು. ...
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