BENGALURU: Lashing out at Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, the BJP on Saturday called him as an "accidental CM" over his decision to go in a foreign country with his family to have fun the New Year at a time when many parts of the state were reeling under drought.

''After new govt was formed 377 farmers have ended their lives 156 talukas declared drought-hit, loan waiver has still not been done, Karnataka has slipped to a debt-ridden state & here we have the so-called son of soil CM @hd_kumaraswamy celebrating new year in Singapore (sic)," the Karnataka unit of the saffron party BJP said in a tweet.

“If there was a movie titled #AccidentalCM who will play the role of @hd_kumaraswamy?" PM Modi lead BJP party said in another tweet.

Kumaraswamy, with his family, is programmed to go on a personal visit to Singapore on Saturday night and would come back on the night of January 1, 2019, according to a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).

The mordant tweets from BJP came after the Chief Minister's office confirmed that Kumaraswamy was going out of the country with family on a personal visit and would return to Bengaluru on January 1.

News agency IANS, however, quoted a government official as saying that the Chief Minister flew to Singapore with his wife Anita and son Nikhil on a holiday as "he has been going every year-end over the years".

Worth mention here a hung judgment in the May 12 assembly polls forced the Congress to forge an coalition with the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and form a alliance government on May 23 after the 3-day BJP government fell on May 19 due to lack of a majority.

It fell short of seven members for a majority mark which is 111 in the 224-member House, with two posts and one Speaker.