KARNATAKA: Commenting on the letter by Karnataka State Contractors' Association to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleging 80 per cent commission and nepotism in state contracts by ministers and leaders, the BJP's former national general secretary and Member of the Legislative Council, C.T. Ravi, stated on Friday, "Weren't you ashamed after reading the contractors' letter."
Speaking to the media in Belagavi on Friday, Ravi questioned, “Did you not think about what people would think of us?”
He further noted that the letter was written to none other than Chief Minister Siddaramaiah himself.
"Contractors have written a letter. They have written that corruption has doubled. Don't you feel ashamed after reading it, " Ravi questioned CM Siddaramaiah.
He also added, "People have given you power, respond to their distress."
Ravi further chided, "Siddaramaiah says that he will be the Chief Minister for the next two years and complete the term. Have you become Chief Minister for indulging in corruption?"
Commenting on the power sharing tussle between the supporters of CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM Shivakumar, he said, "There is no faith that things will get better no matter who becomes Chief Minister. If one corrupt person goes and another corrupt person comes, it won't benefit the state."
He further claimed that the Karnataka government had lost all sense of sensitivity and the state government and ministers were more bothered about elections of cooperation banks than the suffering of the people. He expressed concern that while they were immersed in the cooperative sector elections, they had no sensitivity to listen to the difficulties faced by the people.