In The End Corruption Wins: BJP's Amit Malviya On Cong's Karnataka Decision

The BJP on Thursday hit out at the Congress for ignoring sub-regional aspirations and prominent communities with its choice of Siddaramaiah as the new Karnataka chief minister and D.K. Shivakumar as his deputy.

BJP I-T chief Amit Malviya also claimed that for the first time, there will be no representation from the all-powerful Lingayat community or the SCs.

"For the first time, Karnataka will have a government that doesn't represent either sub-regional aspirations or for that matter prominent communities. Both CM designate Siddaramaiah and to be Deputy CM DKS come from south Karnataka. For the first time there will be no representation from the all-powerful Lingayat community or the SCs," Malviya tweeted.

"The Congress has intentionally left out MB Patil and Dr G Parameshwara, both of who could have well been made DCMs. Congress is hell-bent on humiliating both these senior leaders and their communities," he said.

"In the end, corruption wins. As the only DCM and money bag, DKS will run the show, control most of the ministerial appointments and reduce Karnataka to an ATM, just to please the Gandhis in Delhi. Siddaramaiah will be reduced to being a placeholder CM, whose last term, to put it mildly, was nothing short of a disaster," he added

Karnataka is in for a rough time ahead, with unfulfilled aspirations, holding up its development, he further claimed.

After nearly a week of speculations, Shivakumar, who was also contending for the role of chief minister, agreed to become Siddaramaiah's deputy. Both the leaders will take oath on May 20 at 12.30 pm in Bengaluru.

The Congress has invited leaders of all like-minded parties will be invited for the swearing-in ceremony.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav will attend the swearing-in ceremony of new Karnataka cabinet.