Don’t know Hindi sir, tweet in Kannada or English, Siddaramaiah tells BJP

Updated: Sunday, April 22, 2018, 10:41 [IST]

Dont understand Hindi, sir please tweet in Kannada or English. This was how Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hit back at the BJP's Muralidhar Rao.

Rao, who is in-charge of Karnataka, asked whether "Siddaramaiah was scared about winning Chamundeshwari seat in" Mysuru.

Don’t know Hindi sir, tweet in Kannada or English, Siddaramaiah tells BJP — Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

"@Siddaramaiah ji are you scared? After much effort"you chose Chamundeshwari seat, now after seeing that you will be defeated there you are searching for a second place."

"To end"your doubt let me clarify that not only your two seats, but"entire Karnataka will be Congress Mukt (Congress-free)," he"said in a tweet in Hindi.

Replying to Rao in Kannada, Siddaramaiah tweeted, "Sir, tweet in Kannada or English. Don't understand Hindi."

The Congress, in its list of candidates for 218 seats" announced on April 15, had named Dr Devraj Patil as its" nominee from Badami.

Karnataka Assembly Election dates
Date of notification	April 17
Last date to file nominations	April 24
Last date to withdraw nominations	April 27
Date of polling	May 12
Date of counting	May 15