Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 02 (NT): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday from microblogging website Twitter counter challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak about the accomplishment of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministerial candidate B. S. Yeddyurappa for 15 minutes.

Siddaramaiah's remark came a day after Prime Minister Modi dared Congress president Rahul Gandhi to speak on the achievements of the grand old party in the state without reading from paper.

CM Siddaramaiah took to Twitter and said:

"Dear PM @narendramodi ji,

I challenge you to speak about the achievements of BS Yeddyurappa's Govt in Karnataka for 15 minutes by looking at a paper.

Sincerely Siddaramaiah," Siddaramaiah Tweeted.

Prior on Tuesday, while addressing a public rally in Chamarajanagar district in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Modi asserted, "I challenge you (Rahul Gandhi) to speak for 15 minutes on the achievements of your government in Karnataka without reading from any piece of paper. You can speak in Hindi, English or your mother tongue."

Earlier to this, Rahul dared Modi –led-ruling government to let him to speak for 15 minutes in Parliament on various issues, together with corruption and stated the prime minister will not be able to take a seat for 15 minutes. (NT)