Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched a sharp attack on BJP Lok Sabha MPs from the state, accusing them of failing to speak up about what he described as the Centre’s “injustice" toward Karnataka.

Speaking at an event to inaugurate road works in Bengaluru’s Gandhinagar and Chickpet constituencies on Tuesday, Siddaramaiah said people “blindly vote for the BJP," even though the party’s own representatives have remained silent on key issues affecting the state.

Taking a jibe at Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, Siddaramaiah said, “There’s that MP from the South, Surya, I call him Amavasya, and the other MP, Shobha Karandlaje. They haven’t opened their mouths even once about the injustice to Karnataka."

He accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of showing “vengeance" against the stat

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