Surjewala attends official meet on Bengaluru, BJP slams Congress
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Randeep Singh Surjewala, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) normal secretary, reportedly attended an official assembly in Bengaluru which was presided over by the deputy chief minister and Bengaluru Development Minister DK Shivakumar. The assembly was organised to debate the upgrading of infrastructure in Bengaluru and was held at Shangri-La Hotel within the state capital on Tuesday.
The state cabinet minister met with representatives from the state authorities and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) at a personal resort after touring Bengaluru to evaluate municipal tasks that have been being carried out. Both the Congress leaders have been seen seated subsequent to one another in {a photograph} from the assembly shared by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
“What is his capacity or authority to chair the meeting with the BBMP and BDA (Bangalore Development Authority) Commissioners /Officials? Is this where the 85% deals are being orchestrated by the ATM Sarkara to raise funds ahead of the 2024 Elections,” requested the first opposition social gathering. However, DK Shivakumar denied the accusation. He claimed, “Officers had come to take me to the BDA office when I was with Surjewala. Let BJP tweet whatever they want.” There was no official assembly, in keeping with a number of Congress officers as nicely.
The “secret meeting” held at Bangalore’s Shangri-La Hotel is simply one other approach of ‘Gandhis!’ making an attempt to manage Karnataka.
The household have despatched their shut aide Randeep Surjewala, who neither holds any place at BDA/BBMP nor within the authorities to determine on Karnataka’s issues.… pic.twitter.com/CTioPhUh0S
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) June 13, 2023
Rakesh Singh BBMP administrator and assistant chief secretary of the city improvement division and BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath might be noticed together with Randeep Singh Surjewala and DK Shivakumar. Other outstanding figures within the room included Energy Minister Okay J George, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, Minority Affairs Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, Political Secretary to the Chief Minister Naseer Ahmed, and Shivajinagar MLA Rizwan Arshad.
“Is Surjewala Super Chief Minister of Karnataka? Under what capacity he called for a meeting of the BBMP Commissioner, ACS (Additional Chief Secretary) Urban Development, and BDA Chief? I heard Advocate General was also present in this meeting conducted by the Congress Party in charge,” questioned Senior BJP chief and former Union minister Basangouda Patil Yatnal. He sought the BBMP Commissioner to make it clear what was on the assembly’s agenda and what the officers’ task was.
HD Kumaraswamy, Janata Dal (Secular) chief and former chief minister, additionally criticised the state administration for permitting Randeep Singh Surjewala to satisfy with ministers and prime officers. He charged, “Do we have a government headed by Siddaramaiah or a government that is at the mercy of Delhi’s 10 Janpath? Did people vote for a Congress government or a puppet government? That has been proved even before the government completed a month in office.”
He challenged who gave the Congress stalwart the permission to host the official assembly with senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in attendance. He remarked, “There are senior ministers in the meeting. Senior IAS officers are also present. This means it was an official meeting. But, Surjewala is in the centre seat. Minister is sitting in a seat beside him. Isn’t it strange? The Chief Minister should answer.”
Meanwhile, Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan tweeted, “Participated in the meeting which was called by Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar at Shangri-la Hotel in Bengaluru and discussed various issues and betterment of Bengaluru. AICC General Secretary and in-charge of Karnataka State Randeep Singh was also present,” together with a picture from the assembly. Afterwards, he took the tweet down. The assembly lasted two hours, in keeping with sources within the authorities, they usually lined a variety of subjects, together with the BBMP elections.
On Wednesday afternoon, a BJP delegation led by the previous ministers and social gathering legislators R Ashoka and Suresh Kumar is scheduled to satisfy with Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to demand that DK Shivakumar be held accountable for permitting Randeep Singh Surjewala to chair an official assembly that included senior IAS officers. A BJP official confirmed that the social gathering would additionally search motion towards the latter for attending the formal session.
