<p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday hit back at Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for alleging that he had shared dais with terror sympathisers at a recent even in Hubballi. </p>.<p>Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Siddaramaiah challenged Yatnal to prove his allegations.</p>.<p>“I know Hashim Peera Darga’s head Syed Mohammed Tanveer Hashmi Maulvi for several years. Yatnal should not stoop this low merely to win elections,” Siddaramaiah hit back, calling the BJP MLA a “big liar”.</p>.<p>“Let him prove his allegations. His own government was in power all these years, what did they do?,” he sought to know.</p>.<p>The CM alleged that Yatnal’s statements showed his dejection on being overlooked for his party’s top posts in the state. </p>.<p>The Vijayapura MLA had recently alleged that the Maulvi with whom Siddaramaiah shared the dais at an event in Hubballi was an ‘ISIS sympathiser’. </p>
<p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday hit back at Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for alleging that he had shared dais with terror sympathisers at a recent even in Hubballi. </p>.<p>Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Siddaramaiah challenged Yatnal to prove his allegations.</p>.<p>“I know Hashim Peera Darga’s head Syed Mohammed Tanveer Hashmi Maulvi for several years. Yatnal should not stoop this low merely to win elections,” Siddaramaiah hit back, calling the BJP MLA a “big liar”.</p>.<p>“Let him prove his allegations. His own government was in power all these years, what did they do?,” he sought to know.</p>.<p>The CM alleged that Yatnal’s statements showed his dejection on being overlooked for his party’s top posts in the state. </p>.<p>The Vijayapura MLA had recently alleged that the Maulvi with whom Siddaramaiah shared the dais at an event in Hubballi was an ‘ISIS sympathiser’. </p>