Bengaluru: Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday lashed at Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa for not providing an option to take banking exams in the local language and compared him to a mouse. In a series of tweets, Siddaramaiah demanded the resignation of the Karnataka CM and said, "@BSYBJP's followers call him Huli (Tiger) but in reality he is ili (Mouse). He hides in burrows when he has to stand up in front of @narendramodi. Let him resign if he cannot ensure justice to Kannadigas. #IBPSMosa"
In another tweet, Siddaramaiah hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused him of betraying Kannadigas by not allowing candidates to take IBPS exams in Kannada. His tweet goes: "@narendramodi is betraying Kannadigas by not allowing candidates to take IBPS exams in Kannada. Latest notification by IBPS is an example for @BJP4India's anti-Kannada stand. Central government should immediately address this and ensure justice to Kannadigas.#IBPSMosa."
He said that the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) had called for applications to fill more than 3000 vacant clerk positions in about 11 nationalised banks. Out of these, 407 posts are in Karnataka while adding that this injustice to Kannada will result in huge unemployment by leaving Kannadigas out of the competition. The former Chief Minister further said that the candidates were allowed to give exam in regional languages before 2014 before the BJP government came to power
Congress leader wrote to Sonia Gandhi advicing to 'Stop Digvijay from making anti-Hindu statements'