<p class="title">Having been silent on the political mud-slinging over the alleged irregularities in tackling Covid-19 thus far, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday posed questions to both the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Was the scam to help settle the loans taken for Operation Kamala?” the former CM said, taking a dig at the ruling BJP. While it is unfortunate for the state that allegations of corruption have surfaced regarding Covid-19 management, the Opposition Congress too is leveraging the issue for mere publicity and has not filed any official complaint, he<br />said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first of his five questions to the Congress was why the grand old party hadn’t filed any complaint, while the second was whether the allegations were merely for publicity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Do you have any precise plans to take these allegations forward?,” he said, asking whether the Congress had lost faith in the Anti-Corruption Bureau formed during Siddaramaiah’s tenure as CM. </p>.<p class="bodytext">His posers to the ruling BJP sought to know why the government was carrying the burden of allegations by not agreeing to a probe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Why were no resignations sought (by the CM) even when allegations were levelled against a specific minister?,” Kumaraswamy said. Expressing surprise that the government had not acted even against officials, he asked whether it was encouraging these officials to destroy evidence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He advised the BJP to take appropriate measures to rid itself of the serious allegations during the pandemic. </p>
<p class="title">Having been silent on the political mud-slinging over the alleged irregularities in tackling Covid-19 thus far, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday posed questions to both the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Was the scam to help settle the loans taken for Operation Kamala?” the former CM said, taking a dig at the ruling BJP. While it is unfortunate for the state that allegations of corruption have surfaced regarding Covid-19 management, the Opposition Congress too is leveraging the issue for mere publicity and has not filed any official complaint, he<br />said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first of his five questions to the Congress was why the grand old party hadn’t filed any complaint, while the second was whether the allegations were merely for publicity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Do you have any precise plans to take these allegations forward?,” he said, asking whether the Congress had lost faith in the Anti-Corruption Bureau formed during Siddaramaiah’s tenure as CM. </p>.<p class="bodytext">His posers to the ruling BJP sought to know why the government was carrying the burden of allegations by not agreeing to a probe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Why were no resignations sought (by the CM) even when allegations were levelled against a specific minister?,” Kumaraswamy said. Expressing surprise that the government had not acted even against officials, he asked whether it was encouraging these officials to destroy evidence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He advised the BJP to take appropriate measures to rid itself of the serious allegations during the pandemic. </p>
