Kumaraswamy rakes up 2016 death of Siddarmaiah's son, Karnataka CM hits back

Bengaluru: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday raked up Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son Rakesh’s death eight years ago and sought to know if the CM had sent him abroad and why his death was not probed.

Reacting to Kumaraswamy’s remarks, Siddaramaiah said in Mysuru, “Prajwal Revanna is facing allegations of rape. Hence, talking about my son Rakesh’s death after eight years for political reasons is stupidity. What is the connection now?”

Kumaraswamy made the remarks after the chief minister’s recent statement that Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna fled the country with the knowledge of his family.

Kumaraswamy told reporters in Bengaluru on Saturday, “I would like to ask Siddaramahiah, did he send his son abroad to die? Will he take responsibility for his son's death? Why there was no inquiry after his death?”

Demanding that Siddaramaiah reveal details of how many people went abroad with his son, Kumaraswamy asked the chief minister if his son took his permission to go abroad, which event he went to attend and what happened there.

“Despite knowing H D Deve Gowda for several years, Siddaramaiah is speaking ill about him. I mentioned about Rakesh Siddaramaiah’s death to make the CM understand the pain our family is undergoing,” Kumaraswamy added. He even said that grown up children will not keep their parents in the loop about everything.

Kumaraswamy had posted a similar comment on X on Friday about Rakesh Siddaramaiah’s death questioning him whether he had sent his son to ‘Tommorow Land’ party!

Rakesh reportedly died during his trip to Belgium in 2016 and when Siddaramaiah was the also the CM.

IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge said, “Rakesh did not go abroad after committing a crime here or after ruining the lives of 200-300 women. Why are they linking his name with Prajwal Revanna?”